i just really don't get it

[hoveringsombrero]

this is not to negate the fact that a good portion of women feel oppressed. harassed, and afraid
and women who feel that way have the right to stand up for themselves, natch.

however, i'm a woman.
i'm pretty sure i'm a woman.
*checks*
yawp, boobies and a vagina
i've never been afraid to walk to walk down the street because i'm a woman, i've a couple times been afraid when i walked alone because things looked scary and i was unarmed
i don't feel that i'm in danger from men on a daily basis
when a then bf tried to kill me in the middle of the woods i felt in danger, but i think anyone would
i don't feel that i've ever been sexually harassed
things have happened to me that they define as sexual harassment in those pamphlets they give you when you start a new job
never really bothered me.
i didn't feel 'victimized'
i didn't feel 'mentally raped'
i felt momentarily annoyed at a person who had no manners

when i was thinner i'd get stopped or yelled to by men on the street at least 5 times a day
i was often amused
i often did yell fuck off, or elaborate on in that vein
or just ignore

still do the same when it happens.
i've likewise been yelled at or stopped by women, sarcastically yelling nice ass,
or for some reason instantly offended by my existence and yelling at me to "fuck off you uppity bitch" or the like

it must be very distressing and upsetting to feel all of those things i'm supposed to feel as a woman in "this society"
i just don't,
so i have a hard time relating
i'm sorry.

Comments

[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

You're not alone there.

[eris.livejournal.com]

nope, there's a kitten on mah boobs and a spanky sleeping upstairs
;)

[bob.livejournal.com]

sometimes i am afraid to walk down the street because you're a woman

[eris.livejournal.com]

yes well, i'm very scary

and besides, lookit how you're dressed! you're just asking for it.

[bob.livejournal.com]

:P~ what's wrong with how i'm dressed?