percybutt
What weapons do I have with which to protect myself?
Your beauty.
Is that a weapon?
It can be deadly when well used.
(Source: amnell)
I don’t get it…
How is explaining that something is triggering, like… how is stepping in and saying, “hey, you’re actually reminding people of what they went through and how many people laughed at them or told them they overreacted or told them that this was all their fault”—worse than actually being ignorant and hurtful. Where’s the logic there? There are loads of things I don’t take seriously, anything related to rape isn’t one of those things. Why would you want to put anyone in such an uncomfortable position? If I’m with 5 of my friends, I can assume that at least one of them has been sexually assaulted, I’m not trying to be that asshole who upsets them. Fucking think about it for a minute—it’s common human decency.
eta: It’s not a bad thing to be concerned about other people besides your fucking self. It’s not a bad thing to be empathetic.
You can’t make me feel bad for being offended by something hurtful to someone else by telling me that I’m overreacting because it’s not going to work. It’s just going to make me more angry and less receptive to whatever you have to say.
(via enkeikou)
I mean I care, but care in a good way
I really hate the sentiment of not caring about anyone’s sexuality or gender identity, because it’s so often used as a pathetic defense against criticism when the person using it has fucked up. They’ve been cissexist? Oh, well they don’t care about gender identity! It doesn’t matter! Yours doesn’t matter! They’ve been heterosexist? lol nope! They don’t care about sexuality! Get out of jail free card! You’re just imagining things!
I’d much rather it if people did care, if people cared enough to give a goddamn about paying attention and being respectful. “Not caring” is an excuse, not a marker of inclusiveness and acceptance and respect. It’s an excuse to erase the experiences of people who care a whole damned lot about gender and sexuality, who have no choice but to care.
(Source: yuku-flan)
NEW - Elementary - 4 min Exclusive Preview uploaded for people who live outside the U.S & are blocked from watching it on youtube…here ya go!
fuck i’m so excited for this.
(via circles90)
who the fuck do the national think they are do they see what they’ve done do they understand the consequences
(via morganobsessed)
Men who want to flirt with women have to realize: Women live in a state of continual vigilance about sexual safety. It’s like having a mild case of hay fever that never goes away. It’s not debilitating. You’re not weak. You’re not afraid. You just suck it up and get on with your life. It’s nothing that’s going to stop you from making discoveries, or climbing mountains, or falling in love. Sometimes you can almost forget about it. It doesn’t mean it’s not there, subtly sucking your energy. You learn to avoid situations that make it worse and seek out conditions that make it better.
If a female stranger is wary around you, it is not because she suspects you are a rapist, or that all men are rapists. It’s because a general level of circumspection is what vigilance requires. Don’t take it personally.
If this frustrates you, try to remember that women are blamed for lapsed vigilance. If a woman does get raped, everyone rushes to see where she let her guard down. Was she drinking? Was she alone? Was she wearing a short skirt? Did she go to a strange man’s room for coffee at 4am?
A woman must be seen to be vigilant as well as be vigilant. If she is deemed insufficiently vigilant, she will be at least partly blamed for any sexual violence that befalls her. If she’s regarded as downright reckless, that “evidence” can be used to completely exonerate her rapist. If it comes down to a he said/she said dispute over whether sex was consensual, as so many rape cases do, the dispute becomes a referendum on whether the woman seems like the sort of reckless person who would have sex with a stranger.
If a woman does go back to a strange man’s hotel room at 4am, even if she only wants a coffee and conversation, she’s more or less given him the power to rape her. No jury is going to believe she went up there for anything but sex. So, don’t be surprised if a stranger reacts badly to that suggestion.
"Attention, Space Cadets: Do Not Proposition Women in the Elevator
I wish I didn’t need to reblog stuff like this. I wish people *got it*. But judging from the ridiculous response to these posts, stuff like this clearly still needs to be repeated.
(via lavender-labia)
This actually made me cry. Ugh.
(via m0nikered)
Will always reblog
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