memes

Feel however you want, but don't drag me into the what other people have done. I don't deserve the prejudice, and I'd rather just not interact with you.

I've been trying to bite my tongue on this whole bear thing from the beginning but these comments...

Every. Single. Post. The comments are a shit show. I'm a woman who has been through SA multiple times, I've experienced DV several times, I've been sexually harassed countless times, and experienced other frightening situations where I could have been harmed but managed to get to safety. I never reported any of it so I know first hand statistics are bullshit and revictimization is extremely common.

I will a billion times over take the damn bear. I would take sure death over the possibility of being raped again and left praying for death. I've tried to end my life by my own hand many times in the past because of the violence I've experienced. If you don't get why a lot of women pick the bear, shut the fuck up and listen to why.

I can guarantee if you ask women in your life that trust you if they have ever experienced SA, DV, or harassment they have at least once or know someone who has.

~~I have some extra emotional capacity today so~~ (see edit*) I'll post some wrong think: but can we stop antagonizing populations that feel disenfranchised by society and therefor giving the truly evil fucks out there an easy population to brainwash and feed extra scummy ideologies to?

Young nerdy men who feel excluded from society that dont have any strong female figures in their life are barraged by a constant stream of messaging that could easily be interpreted as "(white) men are evil and the source of all problems with society"

By constantly antagonizing them for not being able to navigate the political nuance of those messages, we give an incredibly easy pathway to the more toxic ideologies that the Tates of the world will pull them into to profit off of them, because they are the only figures who will give them praise and a sense of belonging.

Edit: Its a new day now, and I no longer have the energy. If you want to vent, understanding that venting in this manner will bring about little to no positive change, you do you, I will no longer be responding

,

Men's feelings is what makes some of them unsafe to begin with.

We can't address safety concerns of women without addressing the thinking of men, and trying to shut men up a little harder is not gonna help.