I love that my existence pisses you off.
Most people are told to be afraid because of TB/Twitter and internalize it.
No, most women are afraid because 1 in every 4 of us have been raped. Women all know someone who has been raped, whether it’s themselves or the other women in their life.
We don’t need social media to tell us to be afraid. Men do a good enough job of making us scared already.
Oh absolutely! Gotta do what makes you feel most safe in a situation and fawning (being nice until you can get away) is a valid way to deal with them. But don’t worry about hurting their feelings either way.
Such a good one!
I don’t like it when men position themselves close to me either. It’s uncomfortable and a forced intimacy that they haven’t earned.
You did nothing wrong.
The message was clear: women were meant to be frightened, not empowered by these stories. The power of “fuck politeness” lies in how it “locates women’s daily fears and vulnerability to violence in the context of a feminist politics about deference and men’s status and power.”
Women are socialized from a young age to prioritize others’ comfort, even at the expense of their safety. This “deference behavior” is what feminist scholars identify as one way “women acknowledge and reinforce the higher social status of men.” However, through the MFM community, women find permission to reject these dangerous social expectations.
“Before I became a part of this community and was given permission to ‘fuck politeness,’ I would have uncomfortably chatted with this guy for fear of seeming rude. From a very young age, it’s ingrained in us to be polite and never offend anyone,” wrote one listener in Reddit.
A woman approaching another woman and a man approaching a woman is different. Why are we pretending it isn’t?
I would absolutely leave if a man approached me like that while I was alone. And it’s not wrong.
Women don’t have to be polite in pursuit of their own safety.
Hell yeah! I had no idea they were on Rock Band 2. That’s pretty sick.
Pure, unadulterated female rage <3
Mmmm that looks full of flavor and super tasty! Gonna save this one. Love soup season!
Just 'cause my world, sweet sister
Is so fucking goddamn full of rape
Does that mean my body must always be a source of pain?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no no no
Mood today. So many rape stories in the headlines today.
Homemade salted caramel ice cream to go with the cobbler? Daaaaaamn, that’s special. It looks great!
I love Sally’s Baking Addiction. I made her pumpkin pie recipe recently and it was perfect!
Quesadillas are my go-to when I can’t think of anything else to eat and it slaps every time. This looks delicious!!
Oh I’m glad I opened the post and got to see the bonus shots! These are all gorgeous. Thank you so much for sharing.
It is the same creator after all haha
It definitely annoys others, but in this case both characters are the same woman.
I really adore how it looks like Stardew Valley. Makes me nostalgic for a game I haven’t even played yet!
America is huge huge, there are several different norms across the country. The people who live in the Southern states have a wildly different approach than people who live in the Pacific Northwest, for example.