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Aella
@Aella_Girl
I personally don't 'get' what women mean when they talk about experiencing sexism and harassment and lack of safety - I don't relate to it or experience it very much, and I know some other women who agree. It's weird the disparity here, that some women report so much trouble...
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
With men and others don't. My theory is that it's 'prey vibe'. Due to whatever reasons probably outside my control, I don't exude 'being prey'. I've been paying more attention lately to women who experience harassment, and I think they do exude prey vibe - the body language is
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Slightly more negatively responsive, there's more avoidance in stuff like eye contact and positioning of body, there's sort of a self-protective air, like they're aware there is something to protect. I'm not saying harassment is their fault at all, but it's my theory as to why
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
This feels kind of subtly complicated. I don't know for sure what's going on but I really, really don't think it's pure luck. And I hate the idea that I can't investigate factors about women that affect how often they experience assault because I need to worry about blame.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
The idea that women of all ages, weights, appearances, etc. have the same rates of assault seems incredibly wrong to me, like risk of sexual assault goes down for older women, statistically. I also only get catcalled when I wear certain clothing. There's definitely factors here.
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