I'll also once again point out you don't have to like a female victim. I dislike some of the women I publicly support but I'll continue to support victims because sexual abuse is never an acceptable tool for "punishing" unlikable women. And there's no such thing as a perfect victim.
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The Road Jess Travelled
Профиль VivelyFeminist. Atheist. Progressive. Intersectional. Pro-Abortion
Megan Thee Stallion, Blake Lively, Meghan Markle, Angelina Jolie - just some of the women who have since been vilified, declared The Real Abuser, & requiring women to pledge their condemnation to prove they're objective, credible, & not hysterical feminists.
The Road Jess TravelledTBC this didn't just happen to Heard but it feels like she got it first & worst. Framing female victims as liars who deserve to be brutalized for allegedly lying & harming a man's reputation continues to happen. Thanks to Depp & anti-MeToo.
This is something that truly saddens & sickens me that I don't think men understand. Women don't have a story, they have greatest hits albums & they have to carefully choose which stories they can share so they don't lose empathy & credibility. Can't share too many or the worst details.
Martha near Seattle, 8647I remember the Clarence Thomas nomination hearings when my father got shocked tears in his eyes as every one of his six daughters shared their harassment tales (and they didn’t even tell him the worst ones that we kept to ourselves back then).
They object to women having the power to say no & object to victims having any power to define what was done to them.
M. KellyThey reflexively impugn victims' credibility because at the heart of it, they think rape and sexual assault are men's prerogative. What they object to is women thinking they have the right to say no, so they are apoplectic when men face consequences for what they consider their birthright.
Men are 230x more likely to be raped than falsely accused. 32x more likely to be struck by lightning than falsely accused. Men will claim feminists don't care about male victims while upholding the rape culture that will call them liars too when they're abused.
Kat TenbargeNot only that, but approximately 1 out of 6 men will experience abuse in their lifetime, too. Men are exponentially more likely to be victimized than to face false allegations, yet it’s viewed as in their best interests to undermine victim credibility.