Oh, that’s a really interesting take on it. I never thought of it that way. Hmm....

I think this is a big part of it, and a great example of how privilege often manifests- a situation is ‘unbelievable’ because, in your reality, it is unbelievable. Regardless of the believability, frequency, and likelihood of it occurring in other contexts, one’s own context is the lens through which we tend to view…

That’s terrible :(

Thank you! I hadn’t read that yet.

I didn’t realize that. I guess I’ve seen so many instances of domestic complaints being answered, and resulting in someone going to jail, that I assumed that was a frequent outcome. I guess the people in my acquaintance have just been luckier than the average.

Ha! True :)

You mean, it’s a disbelief in the high frequency of rape in general? That’s interesting as well. It’s unbelievable, in my mind, but then again, it’s very rare that I meet a woman who hasn’t experienced rape, attempted rape, or other experiences of gender violence.

To Bearhugger-

But help me verbalize it. Is it a hatred of women? Or a mistrust of women? Or is it more specific to a mistrust of female sexuality? Or a fear of it? Or does it come from a sense of entitlement to women’s bodies, which essentially leads to the idea that ‘women lie about rape’ because rape doesn’t exist, because men…

“A lot of people lie about rape.”

This dog is the tits. I would absolutely adopt him, except I’m pretty sure he’ll mastermind his way into ruling my life.

Thank you sweetheart :)

Oh, my Jezzies.

apparently not...

YOU GUYS PLEASE HELP!!

Can you give us a hint? Like, it starts with Anne and ends with Hathaway?

terrible!

snorted tea across keyboard.

Just saw on Facebook that her sister posted she messaged her. She’s safe and trying to get out of the city for a bit.

Thank you!