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I know plenty of women who haven't been beaten up by men (I think) unless they're keeping it quiet. This is a terribly judgemental poem & wholly inaccurate of course regarding the majority of the respectable population.

i am in no way of the belief that all men are evil woman beaters. i have had many, many bad experiences with men that have made a great impact on who i am today. this is my raw, angry projection on my own experiences. i would like to clarify that i do not project my work as truth. these are my feelings and they are only just due to my experiences. thank you for reading though <3

You've been very unlucky then & that is a shame, really.

most women have been through the same as what i have at some point. solidarity is key!

I would question that it is most, more likely 'some'.
One is too many of course but we must try not to get hysterical about the almost certain inaccuracies in your statistics.

im not just talking about being beaten by men! emotional abuse, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and even 'minor' things such as cat calling or being less likely to be hired than your male counterparts. to ignore the issue of the serious ongoing oppression of women only allows it to go on. maybe you may not be able to imagine yourself doing such horrific things, and that is a good thing, but that doesn't mean those things dont happen a lot more than you think. we are asking to be heard but when we speak we are told we are exacerbating the truth - we are not. the fear felt by women as a direct result of male behaviour is very real and that is all i will say on the matter. solidarity x

Some woman find 'catcalling' flattering because men have found them attractive, for example.  
That is hardly horrific.
What I find frustrating about your argument is that it's imbalanced & one-sided.

okay that is great if some women dont feel absolute terror as a grown man shouts at them as they walk down the street! my friend was recently chased down an alley by a stranger, violently raped, went straight to the rape clinic after and the man still wasn't arrested. scary things do happen. but to confirm once again, i do not think all men are innately evil. but i do think most men on this planet are completely unaware of their own damn privilege and therefore flounce around not realising their behaviour does damage. when i was at school i was cornered by all the 'popular' boys in my class after my French lessons. they took this time to force other boys hands up my skirt and down my top. this went on for a year. i reported it to my teacher and no punishment came to them - not even a telling off. my poem is very angry and one sided as these things have happened to me and my sisters - how could i not be? it's crazy to me that when women are literally screaming 'we are being abused! raped! sexually assaulted! we are not heard!' mens response is 'oh come on it's not THAT bad' it is that bad!!!!!! we are living it not you guys!!! i hope to work on how angry i am about my experiences. but these are my honest feelings and i will not apologise for them. thank you for the discussion though, i do appreciate it!

That IS so so bad!

Lol. Some women don't mind being catcalled, that's all I said. Please don't exaggerate or take my words out of context, Rose.  
Yes, a lot of women don't like being catcalled because it is unwarranted behaviour which brings unwanted attention.
We all have the right to live in a world free from harm & harassment.

mystical rose,

thank you so much for your words. i am very lucky to be living in the UK as like you said, in your own country and others things are a lot worse. we are not only fighting for our own personal rights but those of all of our sisters across seas. the oppression is world wide and has lasted hundreds of years. i am sorry that you have suffered! and even more sorry that the majority of men swear think that we make this all up to make them look bad!

I hope at least some people would find my views interesting, Rose. 😊

Really? I disagree with your comment.
 

all that we ask is to be believed when we say these things. women have been oppressed like just every other minority at the hands of the white man. i know it may hurt to accept your group isnt particularly the nicest but we need allies. and to deny something you know almost nothing about (you have not experienced this, we have) is truly heartbreaking and just shows why we are so angry. the authorities dont  believe us, no one believes us, we have to walk along side our abusers after they have got away with destroying our lives. every woman i have ever encountered has been sexually assaulted or harassed in some way, shape or form. men are protective of their daughters. why is this? could it be they know exactly what they did when they were younger? what men are actually capable of? males commit more murders, more rape, more crimes than women in general. these conversations would be so much easier if you asked us why we feel this way rather than ultimately accusing me of being a judgemental liar. hear us.

Just a reminder here, folks—“critique” means on the poem and writing , not on each other, personally......

In my second to last write I say, Here is not here. What I mean is, so little is what it appears to be. The denuding of hipocrisy in this reminds me of my write, How to Seek God (and Where to Find Him). A little tongue in cheek play on the Rowling prequel. Thank you for sharing with us.