First off, this is not me downplaying that cis dudes also get sexually harrassed or saying that they have an easy time being believed, this is me being mad at the downplaying of sexual harrassment of women.

Do people think women can just point at someone and say “They sexually harrassed me!” No, hell no. Women have been working hard to get people to take them seriously about sexual harrassment forever. Look at how people reacted to Monica Lewinsky. She came forward and pretty much became a laughing stock and a meme. even today, look what happened with Biden and Tara Reade. People roll their eyes at #Metoo and use it as a punchline. “He got #MeToo’d” is a saying people use to insinute women using false sexual harrassment allegations to get men fired. Women who come forward about being harrassed or assaulted routinely get death threats. Victims so often aren’t believed or are harrassed more upon coming forward that often they just don’t bother. It’s been a huge struggle to even get to the point where #metoo could actually get some predators convicted.

I understand and hate that men have a hard time being believed too, but the idea that women somehow don’t also have this problem, or somehow have it easier, sickens me.

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    2 months ago

    This always seemed to me like men finding out how hard women have it. “Nobody believed that one guy, but aren’t they supposed to when this happens? I guess nobody believes men!”

    Hahaha nope…that’s just what happens to women, which contradicts your incel fantasies about falseremoved accusations. It turns out we live in a world where predators are allowed free reign to do whatever they want with zero consequences becauseremoved culture is massively ingrained into everything.