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History of Feminism

YoungDemCA

(5,714 posts) Mon May 30, 2016, 11:33 AM May 2016

From a Facebook friend's status update [View all]

This happened in NYC. I don't know this young woman super well, but I do know that she is very well-liked and loved by many.

Today I was walking my dog from the subway to rehearsal in the middle of the afternoon.

Today I was followed from 34th and 8th Ave to 34th and 10th Ave by two young men who were screaming at me. They repeatedly called me a cunt and stated that they were going to rape me in front of my dog.

Today I was stripped of my humanity by two strangers.

Today I was afraid to be a woman.

This shit really fucking bothers me. Disturbing, horrifying, and infuriating on so many levels. Ugh.

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From a Facebook friend's status update [View all] YoungDemCA May 2016 OP

Men should!d teach their children to stop this shit! Silver_Witch May 2016 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author LiberalArkie May 2016 #2

Or maybe it's something they see every day on TV shows and in the news, and they see men Squinch May 2016 #3

I'm sorry your friend had to endure this! brer cat May 2016 #4

That is horrible ismnotwasm May 2016 #5

It can't be legal to threaten rape, can it? Francis Booth Jun 2016 #6

terrible, and there's an underlying threat of real violence geek tragedy Jun 2016 #7