I’m putting this in chat because it could fit into lots of different boards. I was actually going to apologise for making another thread on this topic, but that’s not right..
I’m angry.
I’m angry that when I was 17, I was taken advantage of and groomed by a 24 year old man who should have never done encouraged me to get involved with him.
I’m angry that I was raped by a man I worked with who I made complaints about sexual harassment from weeks before.
I’m angry that my last relationship was with a man who manipulated me financially and emotionally and used intimidation and threats of violence to get what he wanted.
I’m angry that I didn’t realise until Sarah Everard’s death, the amount of things I do subconsciously now like holding my keys between my fingers while walking because it’s that ingrained in me.
And I’m angry that I don’t feel like I can voice these things around the people I live with who are now having ‘not all men’ debates because I’ve felt I had to stay silent so long that it would cause more fall out to talk than to stay silent. There are things like BLM that I’ve supported but this time it really is my cause, it’s our cause. It’s 97% of women. And I’m so angry this is how it is and I’ve been accepting that this is just how it is