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I have been taught to remember everything to be scared of every man. Riding the bus I was harassed six times today. Six times. The way men look at you before they make a comment you just look down like you’re bowing to them it feels like some sort of respect when really I am just terrified Every time a man says “well hey sweetie **** sweetie smile sweetie **** those legs sweetie” I have visions of reaching through their putrid abdomens and ripping their guts from their bodies their blood dripping from my hands I know I would sob but I would like them to fall to their knees in pain so that I could scream that this is for the women this is for all the women and I would leave them to bleed and bleed and bleed like all the women have for generations but instead of that I look down and they laugh because I am vulnerable and small ... inside I am angry and big and the hair on my body and the knowledge in my brain are the biggest acts of rebellion I can give them
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Sep 27, 2017
Sep 27, 2017 at 10:21 PM UTC
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I have been taught to remember everything to be scared of every man. Riding the bus I was harassed six times today. Six times. The way men look at you before they make a comment you just look down like you’re bowing to them it feels like some sort of respect when really I am just terrified Every time a man says “well hey sweetie **** sweetie smile sweetie **** those legs sweetie” I have visions of reaching through their putrid abdomens and ripping their guts from their bodies their blood dripping from my hands I know I would sob but I would like them to fall to their knees in pain so that I could scream that this is for the women this is for all the women and I would leave them to bleed and bleed and bleed like all the women have for generations but instead of that I look down and they laugh because I am vulnerable and small ... inside I am angry and big and the hair on my body and the knowledge in my brain are the biggest acts of rebellion I can give them
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Sep 27, 2017
Sep 27, 2017 at 10:21 PM UTC
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