Category: misogyny

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#MeToo: And No One Did Anything

K.

ME TOO I don’t owe you my story ME TOO  ME TOO you’ve made me hate parts of myself that I used to love ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO the number of times I’ve been catcalled while waiting for the bus ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO or running ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO I was afraid to ever speak of it again when the first person I told asked me are you sure? ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO  ME TOO you thought that because I was … Continue reading #MeToo: And No One Did Anything

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#WhyWomenDontReport: Because Shame

K.

BECAUSE When a teen boy exposed himself to me at age 8, I was the one who got grounded I was only a child He was a relative I don’t know what to call it when teen boy touched my vagina behind a church because no sex-ed My parents just thought I needed to repent for “asking for it” Well, what were you wearing? Shame BECAUSE I told my mother and she did nothing He was a family friend, and I thought I brought it on Did you lead him on? If my own family want me to “move on” … Continue reading #WhyWomenDontReport: Because Shame