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what didn’t kill me didn’t make me stronger
what didn’t kill me stunted my emotional and social growth, leaving me in an awkward and panicky crybaby state which prevents me from adjusting to adulthood and everyday interactions.
Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth. You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them. To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.
Bill Watterson  (via mirroir)
I feel like whenever women complain about men, they speak about things that men have done to them.
However when men complain about women, they speak about things that women HAVEN’T done FOR them.
I think that’s an important distinction.
i swear to god, men raising their voice is the most terrifying thing in the whole world. they dont understand, like its an immediate panic response, game over
I actually had no idea women found this so scary
my downstairs neighbors fight on a regular basis, and every time he starts yelling i’m a little afraid he’s going to kill her. i have no reason to think this except that he is a man and he is angry
My math teacher has a loud voice and a temper and he scares the living shit out of me almost everyday. He’s made me and other kids cry more than once and he and his teacher buddies make a joke out of terrifying students.
this was women in general? i knew my gf didn’t like it but I was unaware if this affected most women
Yes, it does
As a woman, I had no idea it effected other women like this. I was too afraid to even talk about it. I thought I was weak. Thanks for bringing attention to this.
My dad thinks it’s funny that I used to cry when he raised his voice. I freak out whenever some one does. Once my director did, and I started crying I couldn’t stop. I’m glad to see I’m not alone…
This is so important– seeing how common this is– and I also want you all to know that this is not normal. It isn’t something instinctively ingrained into women, to be afraid of men. There is no natural state of men being a threat that women constantly have to be afraid of. This is cultural. So many women and girls here have a mutual understanding of this feeling, and I think it really shows an unsettling truth about our society, particularly about how men are raised to act and how so many women have this defensive reaction gradually develop. It’s so important that these people have their voices heard, because it teaches us about problems that we just can’t deny the existence of any longer.
I’m glad I’m not the only one
My fellow men, pay attention. I didn’t realize how scary this could be until one of my exes explained it to me, and it’s heartbreaking.
Also, when we move too much during an argument, or lean forward, it’s scary, and I never knew. I was even a little insulted at first, because surely she didn’t think I would hurt her. But see, that doesn’t matter. It wasn’t a sign that she mistrusted me specifically; it’s a conditioned response. (Although if you keep doing it once you realize it scares her, she SHOULDN’T trust you.)
Not every woman has been physically harmed by a man she trusted, but every woman KNOWS a woman who has.
I used to be horrible about this, because I didn’t realize how intimidating it was. I didn’t understand why the woman I was with clammed up or tried to tell me what she thought I wanted to hear, and I only got angrier, and acted even more like an asshole. It was wrong. It was abusive. It didn’t matter if I INTENDED it that way; it was still emotionally abusive. And it was inexcusable.
I get that when passions are high, and when you’re frustrated, it’s a natural tendency to let your voice get louder, to shout and gesture and lean forward. But you can train yourself to do better. You can train yourself to keep more of an even tone, to refrain from large and fast gestures, to not lean into her personal space. I did. I’m not perfect at it yet, but goddamn it, I WILL be.
Don’t tell me it’s too hard, that you just can’t do it, or that you “shouldn’t have to.” I’m 53 years old and just now getting the hang of it, and if this old dog can learn something new, so can you.
Note to guys: It really, REALLY doesn’t matter if you’re thinking, “but I would never…”
History is littered with the bodies of women who believed a man “would never.” This includes women killed by men who honestly, deeply, truly believed they “would never”… right up until she said that one thing or moved in just that way and he just got so mad, just that once, and pushed her or punched her or slashed her or shot her… just once, y’know, to shut her up, or because she was flinching and didn’t she know that HE’S NOT LIKE THAT and I’LL TEACH HER TO BE AFRAID OF ME…
We are trained, from infancy, that Men With Loud Voices are a source of pain from which we cannot escape, and attempts to escape may result in more pain. And as soon as we’re old enough to comprehend a world broader than our immediate circle, a world that extends into the past and will run into the future, we realize that there is no way, no way at all, to tell which men “would never” and which men “would never… except if.”
We live or die on that “if.” And any man who doesn’t like facing that hyper-vigilance can work on fixing OTHER MEN, not women’s fear.
The reaction shouldn’t be “not all men are like that;” it should be “no woman should have to live in fear.”
It’s telling that so many people will hear a story of long-term abuse and say, “why did she stay with him?” and not “why did he treat her like that?”
This made me cry.
I didn’t realize I wasn’t the only one. Like even if I hear OTHER people fighting and the guy raises his voice I always KNOW that he’s gonna kill that other man or woman…..even if he’s not. It’s just what the raised voice does to me
Just your friendly reminder
If a person makes you uncomfortable, touching you, invading your personal, space, any of that sort of things, Then you have every right to tell them to stop and tell them they are upsetting you and if you can’t do that, then you have every right to stay away from them
Your body is smart, if you are uncomfortable by something then there is a good chance that person is seen as a danger to you, trust your gut instinct, they usually are right and are keeping you safe.
Stay safe, keep yourself safe, and take care of yourself. If a person makes you uncomfortable you are never over reacting because you were still uncomfortable, people need to respect your boundaries.Â
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it’s time to make this crystal clear.
a man lies in order to get sex? rapist.
a man creates a fake image that will make women feel more at ease sleeping with him when they wouldn’t if they knew the truth? rapist.
a man puts women in situation where she would suffer consequences if she were to refuse sex with him? rapist.
a man lets woman know she owes him sex or she’s a bad person/liar/prude/flirt? rapist.
a man acts as if once promised sex is now to be given to him without any option to pull away? rapist.
a man demands that a woman who consented to sex once is now to be available for sex with him any amount of times? rapist.
a man demands reasons and explanations to why a woman doesn’t want to have sex with him? rapist.
a man punishes woman for refusing sex? rapist.
a man talks a woman into having sex when she’s hesitant or dissenting? rapist.
a man uses his position of power and only gives “fair” treatment to women who go to bed with him? rapist.
a man withholds basic respect and attention from a woman unless he gets sex from them? rapist.
a man fails to use condoms when it was previously agreed he would? rapist.
a man pushes woman during sex to actions she clearly doesn’t feel comfortable or safe or willing to do for any reason? rapist.
a man uses force during sex to get more out of a woman than she would willingily do? rapist.
a man ignores clear signs of discomfort, fear, pain and psychological damage during sex? rapist.
a man promises a certain kind of sex and then pushes for a completely different thing once the woman is in impossible to refuse position? rapist.
a man does any action to a woman during sex that she told him not to do and that it makes her uncomfortable/scared? rapist.
a man injures a woman intentionally during sex? rapist
a man intimidates a woman into acts she would have seconds thoughts about in a situation without pressure and threats? rapist.
a man doesn’t let woman act like she doesn’t like what’s happening during sex and demands positive reactions, despite her true feelings? rapist
a man repeats actions that are obviously hurting or damaging the woman’s well being during sex? rapist.
a man uses sex to humiliate and degrade women and fails to see them as human beings? rapist
a man forces his expectations of sex on his wife/girlfriend and makes her feel like she’s not doing her “duty” if she’s not providing him sex? rapist
a man neglects a woman completely unless she’s ready to have sex with him? rapist.
a man throws a tantrum and acts oppressed if he’s not getting the amount of sex he thinks he deserves? rapist
a man targets insecure, vulnerable or abused women and gives them attention precisely because he knows he’ll have an easy time getting sex out of her if he exploits her emotions? rapist.
a man targets women who have hard time with establishing boundaries and standing up for themselves because it would be easy to push them into sex? rapist.
a man targets rape victims and pushes at their boundaries to see how much he could get out of them sexually? rapist
a man targets a minor or anyone under age of consent to get sex? rapist
a man uses money to buy sex? rapist
a man expects sex after spending money on a date/gifts and is ready to hurt/shame/force the woman if she doesn’t deliver? rapist
a man puts woman into situation where she feels if she fails to sleep with him she owes him, or she is in danger? rapist
a man makes sure woman’s social standing/physical safety/job/career depend on weather she will or wont sleep with him? rapist
a man does any sexual act with intoxicated, drugged, unconscious or otherwise unable to defend woman? rapist
a man uses cultural expectations and stereotypes to make women feel obliged to sleep with him? rapist.
a man economically destroys and traps a woman so she has no choice but to have sex with him if she wants to survive? rapist
a man emotionally abuses and devalues a woman until she no longer believes there is anything valuable about her except giving her boy to men? rapist.
a man divides all women into “good, fun and cool women” who will sleep with him and “stupid, arrogant bitches and cunts” who wont? rapist.
a man who thinks all of the above are fair deal because how else is he supposed to get sex? rapist.
a man sends rape threats? a rapist who uses threats to control women
Each of this situations cannot achieve consent because the circumstances of “give me consent or else” disable you from giving free, non-coerced, reversible and informed consent. Consent is an explicitly communicated, reversible mutual agreement in which all parties are capable of making a decision.  Non consensual sexual contact is rape. This works both ways, using male examples because it’s more than 90% men who uphold and repeat these patterns of behaviours.
People who have not endured abuse usually don’t spend hours wondering if they were abused
The axe forgets; the tree remembers.
African proverb (via quotemadness)
Watch: Serena Williams just masterfully defended herself against a manipulative reporter and gave us all a world class lesson in self love at the same time
There are 101 ways this exchange could’ve gone differently. However, Williams’ concise directive, “You should apologize,” did more than demand kindness. It demanded accountability for rudeness. Well done. This is truly the perfect lesson in “How to respond to respond rude people in 2017.”
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Excellent!
She MADE him apologize omg