Jan 2019
Yes,
this is another poem
about ****.
Sorry,
I know you’re
exhausted from
hearing them.
Sorry,
I know it makes you uncomfortable.
****.
There I
go apologizing again.
Ok. Reframe.
Start over. Own it.
This is a poem
about **** and you better
******* listen.
Ok too harsh,
too harsh.
They’re not gonna listen now.
Again.
Ok, uhh...
personal story.
One time my
best friend and I
were ***** by the same
person.
Ok wait, no...
too personal.
They’ll just pity me,
instead of seeing the
larger issue.
Ok, I think I finally got it.
To give you an idea
of the numbers,
all of my friends and I
have been victims
of ****** assault.
Great, perfect,
not too personal,
we can talk about it in the abstract
like nothing terrible
happened to me,
specifically.
That’s it. That’s it.
That’s how we can talk about.
Depersonalized,
Submerging our feelings
with facts.
Statistics are our best friend.
So here it goes:
Did you know false reports of ****** assault are
rare, ranging from 2 to 10%
of all reported ****** assaults.
That the percentage
I just quoted was
from a study that
collected data over 10 years
from reports on a college campus,
after determining in a meta-analysis of 20
other studies on false reporting that the
FBI data used was "unreliable."
Conversely, about 63% of
****** assaults go unreported.
Wouldn't it make sense
to air on the side of
believing women
then? As opposed to
casually
insinuating they could
have ulterior motives
reporting ****** assault,
political or otherwise.
That isn't an argument.
That is fear talking.
That is guilt talking.
That isn’t us having a conversation –
that’s just you blabbering illogically,
crippled by the fear you’ll be next.
You are wrong.
You are wrong!
Your arguments are baseless.
You are completely ignoring the facts.
There is no evidence.
You need to stop talking,
and politely listen.
Because you have a lot to learn.
And while we are not obligated,
many of us are willing to teach you:
The only ulterior motive women
have 'outing' people,
for a CRIME
they committed,
the only benefit,
is to make sure the person responsible
doesn't **** someone else.
And you not believing us,
you chastising us,
you rolling your eyes,
you silencing us,
lets that person walk free.
this is another poem
about ****.
Sorry,
I know you’re
exhausted from
hearing them.
Sorry,
I know it makes you uncomfortable.
****.
There I
go apologizing again.
Ok. Reframe.
Start over. Own it.
This is a poem
about **** and you better
******* listen.
Ok too harsh,
too harsh.
They’re not gonna listen now.
Again.
Ok, uhh...
personal story.
One time my
best friend and I
were ***** by the same
person.
Ok wait, no...
too personal.
They’ll just pity me,
instead of seeing the
larger issue.
Ok, I think I finally got it.
To give you an idea
of the numbers,
all of my friends and I
have been victims
of ****** assault.
Great, perfect,
not too personal,
we can talk about it in the abstract
like nothing terrible
happened to me,
specifically.
That’s it. That’s it.
That’s how we can talk about.
Depersonalized,
Submerging our feelings
with facts.
Statistics are our best friend.
So here it goes:
Did you know false reports of ****** assault are
rare, ranging from 2 to 10%
of all reported ****** assaults.
That the percentage
I just quoted was
from a study that
collected data over 10 years
from reports on a college campus,
after determining in a meta-analysis of 20
other studies on false reporting that the
FBI data used was "unreliable."
Conversely, about 63% of
****** assaults go unreported.
Wouldn't it make sense
to air on the side of
believing women
then? As opposed to
casually
insinuating they could
have ulterior motives
reporting ****** assault,
political or otherwise.
That isn't an argument.
That is fear talking.
That is guilt talking.
That isn’t us having a conversation –
that’s just you blabbering illogically,
crippled by the fear you’ll be next.
You are wrong.
You are wrong!
Your arguments are baseless.
You are completely ignoring the facts.
There is no evidence.
You need to stop talking,
and politely listen.
Because you have a lot to learn.
And while we are not obligated,
many of us are willing to teach you:
The only ulterior motive women
have 'outing' people,
for a CRIME
they committed,
the only benefit,
is to make sure the person responsible
doesn't **** someone else.
And you not believing us,
you chastising us,
you rolling your eyes,
you silencing us,
lets that person walk free.
