Not sure if this is the right place so hope it's ok starting this thread. I'm 16, and for a while have been quite angry and upset about rampant misogyny, the various aspects of sexism women and girls suffer from and how prevalent it is. Last week's attack in Oxford has increased this tenfold, it's just so hideous and I can't think of much else other than what the girl must have gone through, for hours, it's absolutely horrific. Hope it doesn't seem like I'm feeling sorry for myself, she is the victim and it's about her not me. I was just wondering if it was alright to ask how women here learnt to deal with or cope with knowing all this goes on in the world, not just the fear of it happening to you, more the rage it causes knowing it's happened to other girls and women.
I know men and boys are also victims of horrible things but this is specifically about gendered violence which is in my opinion a manifestation of violent misogynistic feeling. I also hope it's ok me starting a thread like this.