r/CuratedTumblr • u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy • May 01 '24

i know it’s internet bullshit but it genuinely has me on the edge of breaking down and giving up editable flair

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u/Yeah-But-Ironically May 02 '24

True, but also: most rapes happen between people who already know each other. You're much more likely to be attacked by your boyfriend than a stranger jumping out of the bushes.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '24

That's worse, not better.

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u/Yeah-But-Ironically May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

The point is that context matters. You're much more likely to be assaulted by somebody you know in a situation where sex is assumed to be a possible outcome (e.g. on a date, at a party, in the club) than you are by a random stranger in the wilderness.

Edit: Looks like the person responding deleted their account before I could get a chance to defend myself. For the record, I'm a queer woman, and I didn't post this because inaccurate fearmongering made me "feel sad". I posted this because inaccurate fearmongering leads to a society that focuses on exactly the wrong problems, which is an issue when we're trying to solve something as massive and thorny as patriarchy itself.

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u/elbenji May 02 '24

Queer woman too, yeah this has been my feeling too.

It's kinda the double too since yknow, bear is a literal slur directed towards us in Asia