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#MeToo?
The number of things I've started to write
and then erased
trying to decide if this hashtag applies to me....
The hours I've spent feeling ashamed and confused
by the prospect that it might
or maybe might not....
If I didn't try to stop it
if I was too young and scared
if I craved the attention
enough to allow the form it took....
Does my experience count as
"Me Too"?
and then erased
trying to decide if this hashtag applies to me....
The hours I've spent feeling ashamed and confused
by the prospect that it might
or maybe might not....
If I didn't try to stop it
if I was too young and scared
if I craved the attention
enough to allow the form it took....
Does my experience count as
"Me Too"?
Published 16th Oct 2017
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16th Oct 2017 1:25pm
it'd count
rather as "mine as well"- as well as anyone out there
unique
expression
that captures
the human conditions so darn well..
job.
rather as "mine as well"- as well as anyone out there
unique
expression
that captures
the human conditions so darn well..
job.
16th Oct 2017 3:31pm
sometimes a 'me too' feeling is all you have to hold on to sanity. and you know what friend, it is more than enough.
16th Oct 2017 5:36pm
Very interesting write... I wonder what lies behind those unspoken acknowledgements... dont ever be afraid to speak your truth!
24th Oct 2017 1:55pm
Yes!
Especially so if you were, as you say, "too young".
For those who would abuse you with words of harassment will often choose those they view as vulnerable. Women, especially young women are the "easiest" targets in the minds of arrogant power hungry predators...
I'm thinking that we men should have a hashtag to express our empathy and our apologies for our actions! Awareness is not enough!
Your courage is laudable!!!
JJ
Especially so if you were, as you say, "too young".
For those who would abuse you with words of harassment will often choose those they view as vulnerable. Women, especially young women are the "easiest" targets in the minds of arrogant power hungry predators...
I'm thinking that we men should have a hashtag to express our empathy and our apologies for our actions! Awareness is not enough!
Your courage is laudable!!!
JJ
Anonymous
9th Apr 2023 2:47am
Touchy subject but I think I get it
Words have become so fluid now it's become
Difficult to discern who[m] the definitions actually applies to
Much respect
Naaj
Words have become so fluid now it's become
Difficult to discern who[m] the definitions actually applies to
Much respect
Naaj
9th Apr 2023 3:14am
