👏👏👏👏 amen

Omg is that her?? I keep getting catfished into starring her comments 😣

Yeah. In theory I agree with you, but if I named and shamed the predator who caused me to drop out of my PhD, I would get sued. I know this because he sued/is suing someone else who spoke up about him. He is scary and vindictive and he would do everything to destroy me. I have no career, no money, no insurance,…

Lol, I love *your* handle, too. Famous graffiti artist, eh?

Thank you, I will. I’ve already stopped being polite when strange men invade my space in public, so the bitch muscle is a muscle I’m learning to flex!

Look, I’m a survivor of sexual violence too, so I sympathise with you... but you don’t get to decide how any other person is allowed to feel about any trauma or harassment they receive. What may not seem serious to you could be deadly serious to someone else. Everyone has a different history and context in which they…

Sigh. Just realised how much of a hypocrite I am. I just wrote I’m never again accepting abuse silently, but I stay silent when old men say sexually suggestive things to me in front of their wives.

This doesnt surprise me. When I was being sexually harassed in my Ph.D. program, the female professor I confided in told me that she had it way worse in the 70s in grad school and that I would “just have to deal with it”.

Oh. Right. Figures that little shithead went to IMSA. I remember a few jerkoffs like him during my time there, too. Ugh. I’m sorry he was in your class.

Omg I think Jeff Goldblum is creepy, too, but I thought I was the only one. Cheers!

Lol what about David Fucking Brooks, he’s the worst one of them all!

I think i recognise HealingCrystals as a super transphobic troll who calls trans women “men”. Yuck.

I’m in the opposite situation. I’ve spent most of my adult life paired up because I was insecure and I thought it was expected of me. Most of these partners were jerks and the ones that wanted to marry me expected that marriage would put me in a cage.

Amen. I’m sickened and scared, too. It seems law enforcement and society at large thinks domestic violence is a big fucking joke. Case in point, the first person replying to you is making total joke of your post.

Dear LW1: this is 100% your problem, not his. You are putting your expectations on him to behave the way you want him to, and it’s not ok. If this is a deal breaker, that’s fine, you’re free to find someone who is addicted to their smartphone.

I hate going to the gym because I’m never left alone. I’m stared at constantly and I get all these offers to “fix” my workout routine, especially when I’m in the heavy weights area. I try to run or bike outside, I get stopped by men in cars, followed, catcalled. I try to swim laps, I get “helpful”“tips”, stared at,…

Query: does it taste like egg?

This mirrors exactly my experience as an artist. I just couldn’t imagine being anything less than completely respectful and professional with a model. I’m glad your experience was positive.

I’m sorry I didn’t mean to make it seem like I was coming after you. I agree with you 1000% here and in your OP. I was incensed by the people replying to you, and wanted to give additional context so that they couldn’t just shrug it off.

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