Everyone is focusing on the perceived conceitedness (and don’t get me wrong, i can imagine it is fun for some to poke at a woman who says “I’m beautiful” )
… but for me we’re missing the worst part of this possibly wind up thread.
That's not my experience.
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I have never been harassed.
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I've never been bothered at all.
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I don't get followed. Touched.
Where do I start with this totally tone deaf, insular, unfeeling post @ToesandToads ?
As a woman I am glad for you that you have never been followed, touched or harassed.
But what on EARTH is this fallacy, this ridiculous assertion that somehow a so-called beautiful woman is more likely to get harassed, or touched? And that somehow you’re unique, blessed, protected?
Consider yourself lucky. You are not an outlier or a statistic to be celebrated and somehow lauded. We are not looking for patterns or precedents in your experience.
Many women get followed, harassed, etc. but we aren’t sitting here wondering if our beauty was the issue that caused it. Or wondering why no one has bothered thus far to try it.
Your whole argument is insulting to the thousands of women who are followed, assaulted etc, but who aren’t afterwards thinking “I’ve been beautiful all my life, why didn’t this happen to me before?”
Your lived experience @ToesandToads is valid to you and thank you for sharing, but it is not all our lived experience. We know nothing of where you live, the propensity and risk for such incidents, your daily movements, crime statistics in your area etc. so your post is just a nice rant.
I am glad you have been safe, I continue to wish you safety as I do all women.