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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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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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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Replying to @Aella_Girl
You just happen to be lucky. You are saying though that somehow with my being I made a Cambridge professor sexually assault me. While you are not directly blaming me, you indirectly try to shift the blame from the man who assaulted all women in his path, irrespective of age/looks
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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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I don't feel like blame even enters into this for me. I don't feel like anybody is more deserving of assault simply because factors increase their chance of assault.
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Well why not just admit that the only common denominator is the predator that would mostly go for anyone, be it young, old, beautiful, ugly. They are predators, that is what defines them. Not our “signals”: i was just sitting talking about my work when he grabbed me.
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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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Replying to @Aella_Girl
Now just tell me that beautiful women get assaulted more “statistically” and you are going to show to yourself and everyone else again how completely wrong you are. When I got assauted, I was wearing loose sweatpants and a hoodie. Get a grip, and do not blame the victims.
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