The mind boggles as this neovictorian fragility myth eats nth wave feminism alive. The suffragettes taught themselves jiu jitsu, ffs. How we deflated into quivering lambs who can’t share the cereal aisle with some guy buying cheerios is absolutely lost on mehttps://twitter.com/ENBrown/status/1093239281794146304 …
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I think this is one of those things that might be partially explained by different people having different “victim profiles”, ie some people are much likelier to be victimised than others
Possibly, although frankly — I’ve been followed home by a guy shouting at me; I’ve been groped, pushed around; I’ve had a cab driver refuse to let me out w/o my phone number. These situations freak me out, as they probably should. Guy passing me in supermarket? NOPE.
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perhaps there is some other PTSD-ish variable at play -
I’m sure there is, for some! But the idea that the female default is to engage with any basic life task around other people from a place of constant vigilance/anxiety/fear is both false & condescending. It’s also a deeply dysfunctional state that should be treated, not normalized
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