Most women have experienced some kind of violence by men. Usually in multiple forms, on multiple occasions. This whole "acting like survivors of violence are new or rare" is bullshit, statistically and based-in-reality speaking.
I was talking with a friend of mine this morning about a book I read a long time ago. The book said- in total binary and heteronormative language, but go with me here- that the main experiential difference between men and women is that a man's biggest fear with a woman is that she will laugh at him, while a woman's biggest fear with a man is that he will kill her.
To folks who did not grow up as girls/women and do not live as one:
Be aware of this huge ass difference, and let it inform your actions.
(photo credit: Kayama Matazo's Frozen Forest)
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