I love your tweet. As a 6'1" cis male rape survivor, and not while in custody or by family member, I've actually been told I'm lying before.
Anyone who’s been targeted by a sexual harasser knows what Comes went through. Right down to feeling cowardly for not saying “no” outright.
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I'm so sorry EJ that this was done to you. I wish you healing. My story, in case comforting: took me 30yrs to write http://bit.ly/1VRh7QD
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Ok so I'm a writer/editor as well as a survivor and want to say something about both the meaning of your words as well as the writing itself
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Your word choice shocks me in a way I don't remember since last I read among the great vocabularians of literature. Your sentence structure…
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…reminds me of allegorical tales, crafted across millennia, until their meaning is archetypal and less words are needed to express it, thus.
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I've often said to women, and have been frequently misunderstood, that rape is one of those universal crimes that most victims, categorized
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maybe, by type of assault, experience in similar emotions. I think that this is misunderstood by people that view M/F rape as worse than M/M
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So true. Important point--focus on predatory behavior in this case, so as not to compare it to rape.
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Comparing the shake ups of the powerful to the brutalizations of the powerless is distasteful
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I thought/felt the same thing. There was an air of violation in 45s comments. Power abuse
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Every woman knows the dance of deflect, distract, pretend to take it as a joke or let it go over our heads... and then get away.
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"Did u specifically say the behavior was unwelcome? Why didnt you immediately tell somebody? Are u SURE this wasnt consensual obstruction?"
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*shudder*
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I would go farther in that beyond just sexual harassment, DJT's behavior is always centered around control akin to the level of abuse.
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And then a bunch of men blame the victim
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Rubio hammering Comey like Trump's lie and outrageous behavior are his fault for not confronting: outrageous
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It's insane how familiar all of this is.
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