• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    In North America you can expect verbal or physical assault for going topless. There’s very much a culture of “She was asking for it”.

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      7 months ago

      Common saying about sexuality where I live, “A woman should cover herself. A man’s going to be a man!” By man, I mean creep, but that’s not how most people, including women, feel, even though it’s literally creepy/pervy/and sexual assault.

      I walked my dog past a church yesterday, baggy jeans and tee, and a guy who was letting himself in asked how I was and if I was behaving. I said I was fine and always behave. He literally leered so hard at me when he said I was having no fun that I couldn’t get home fast enough.