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submitted 6 months ago by spujb@lemmy.cafe to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

The number of examples I have seen of people being told to shut up about their lived experiences with sexual abuse in the past 24 hours on this platform is deeply disturbing.

I am calling on y’all to take a deep breath and listen to women for once. There is a time and place for tone policing and it’s never the very minute a woman speaks up.

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[-] Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 6 months ago

I haven’t been on here in a few days, what’s going on?

[-] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 26 points 6 months ago

Men reacting to intentionally inflammatory bear meme is an affront to women apparently

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 24 points 6 months ago

*”Men telling women to say their experiences in a less antagonistic way is an affront to women.” FTFY

I am absolutely with you in agreeing that the bear meme is inflammatory. But this post is about women who are telling their stories about being SA’d and men dogpiling telling them to shut up. A very different matter that I haven’t seen in any other community.

This post might not be about you, but it is about a real thing that happened/is happening. Take a beat to internalize that :)

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 10 points 6 months ago

Here is context first of all.

Second of all, the discussion surrounding this meme prompted several women to share their stories regarding SA, to which quite a few men brigaded and harassed those women, sometimes until they deleted their accounts.

[-] Lila_Uraraka@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Ohhh, that issue. Thank you! Yeah, Lemmy silencing them is not at all cool. I really hate how we are needing to sensor or provide a trigger warning for practically everything anymore. Sure some things like SA, or self harm make sense. I’ve literally seen someone put a trigger warning on a kid friendly picture of a fucking fursuit, with hashtags specifically to attract other furries. The internet has become way too sensitive about everything, it’s so annoying sometimes

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

Yeah IDK either, this place is not nearly as addictive as reddit so I'm not on here daily, either.

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