Post ApbRXrihD3j5EYZJB2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
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 (DIR) Post #ApbRXrihD3j5EYZJB2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
       2024-12-31T11:12:48Z
       
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       @evacide And it's not like there isn't a cost for coming forward. Even if the person you must identify isn't powerful or important, simply being "the kind of woman" who admits to such things is still treated like a stain on the purity and honor of the victim. When you think about it it's absurd. I was attacked. I did nothing wrong. But when I tell people that this happened. (even without threatening the precious reputations of any men) it makes *me* suspect, impure, etc.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbSHhug0Fya8i20Q4 by grrrr_shark@supervolcano.angryshark.eu
       2024-12-31T11:21:02Z
       
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       @futurebird @evacide exactly.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbfrQQzlTptl8Vh1k by airadam@mastodon.me.uk
       2024-12-31T13:53:05Z
       
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       @futurebird I am so sorry.
       
 (DIR) Post #ApbgfHESFjQHhLPp7Q by GinevraCat@toot.community
       2024-12-31T14:02:09Z
       
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       @futurebird @evacide Yes. I remember sitting in a circle of friends 20 years ago  (about 8 young adults) and someone asked if we knew anyone who had been raped or sexually assaulted. No one admitted to it, even though I know now that at least 4 of us in that circle personally had been.  It is a stigma that can stick and is very difficult to face up to.