ext_46245 ([identity profile] leethet.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] gilda_elise 2019-04-03 10:21 am (UTC)

Some women know they aren't going to win a physical fight. I wouldn't have, had the guy gotten more physical. Had I been alone, say in an office or stairwell or my home. Or had I been in a place where a fight would have gotten ME in trouble (other than a bar, for sure!). I acted on instinct. Fighting back can get you beaten up or killed. Women get that in ways that I think men don't understand. But I'm surprised when women don't understand that - we're very unlikely to win any real fight with a man unless he's a lot smaller/weaker. And god knows our culture doesn't encourage women to defend their space with words. Until now. And the ones who're speaking are still derided and doubted.

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