violence against women

Sleeping Our Way To The Top

If you hear someone
say or post
that a woman
(or anyone else
but it is 99% of the time
a woman)
slept her way
to the top,
AVOID that person.

Don’t hire them.
Don’t partner with them.
Definitely don’t
work for them.

They are stating
quite clearly
that if they were
ever
in a power position,
they would expect
to receive
sexual favors
from everyone around them.

That is why
their first theory
on why anyone,
especially a woman,
got ahead
was
she f*cked the decision makers.

It is a giant red flag.
AVOID that person.

There are plenty of decent people
in this world.
Deal with them.

Taylor Swift, Elon Musk And Sexual Harassment

After Taylor Swift
revealed
she was voting
for Kamala Harris
in the US Presidential Election,
Elon Musk
posted
“Fine Taylor …
you win …
I will give you a child
and
guard your cats with my life”

Many of us
deal with this type of sexual harassment
every d@mn day
and we’re f*ckin’ tired of it.

And it IS sexual harassment.

The person saying it
knows they’re committing verbal violence
against a woman.
The woman targeted
knows it is an act of verbal violence.
The people listening
and saying nothing
know it is an act of verbal violence.

The only people who think
it is a joke
are other sexual harassers.

The goal of the comment
is to dim the woman’s light.
It is to stop the woman’s momentum.
It is to punish her
and to make her think twice
about using her power again.

Often, it is successful.
Which is why
so many men do it.

Don’t allow it to stop you
OR
the women around you.

See it for the tactic
it is.

Don’t Use Violence Against Women As Shock Value

The latest (horrifying) trend
in warning about possible societal collapse
is telling people
there will be physical and sexual
violence
against the women
in their lives
if it happens.

I block every climate activist
or scientist
who uses this ‘example.’

Why?

Because I assume
that’s their secret fantasy.

Unfortunately,
it IS too many men’s
secret fantasy.

I put that person
in the group of people
who are threats.
They become
one of the people
who might hurt me
if they get
an opportunity
to do so.

I don’t support them.
I don’t want to be
in the same room
as they are in.
I warn other women
away from them.

Even if they aren’t
fantasizing
about sexual violence
against women,
they are certainly
NOT listening to
any of the women
in their lives.

Any woman
would have told them
expressing these thoughts
out loud
was a BAD idea.

Worst case,
they will someday
engage in violence
against women.

Best case,
they don’t listen
to women.

Either case
means I stay far away
from them.

Don’t use violence against women
for shock value.