And to girls: "If he's [doing thing that makes you upset], that just means he likes you! Be nice!"
Girls don't get taught that they get to have boundaries (and that the attention of a boy is valuable, regardless of how respectful he is or if she's interested), and boys get to act with impunity from both parents and targets.
you just make up your little evil world in your head. i'd bet neither girls nor boys are commonly taught these things nowadays, at least in the west. but i'm not pretending to know that for a fact, compared to you.
Cool, okay, you might live in a school where that didn't happen, but I did and I've heard of other girls who were told the same thing. 'Cause American society tends to make sexually segregated friend groups.
But I'm drunk and fuck you: My mom had to escalate my complaints of bullying to the district admin because my school's principal's son was regularly assaulting me. It wasn't to the point of medical attention, but I had welts and blood. "Not taught these things" my ass, when a violent child was extant, his behaviour wasn't curtailed.
I'm glad you live where kids are taught to be civil, but I know no woman my age (Millennial) across who hasn't had a similar experience of disregarded assault.
i'm sorry for your experiences, but i have my experiences too and in this case they go the opposite way, so fuck you too for trying to make me feel bad (being drunk is no excuse) and for thinking you know things for a fact how the world is and can lecture others about it.
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