08/05/2025
“White Noise”
I had to take mental breaks from creating this. I wound up running out of room for all the things I planned to write.
When men like P. Diddy and Andrew Tate basically walk free, you might have a better understanding as to why women are afraid to speak out. Don’t get me started on the current president of the United States.
I’ve been groped, threatened, catcalled, pressured into doing things I didn’t want to, and generally objectified like all women. Some of this still happens on occasion, but the bulk of it occurred from when I was a pr***en to my early twenties. I was taught by society to laugh it off. I learned at a very young age that no means yes to some men, so I had to be careful with how I rejected them, broke up with them, or generally stood my ground. Of course there are many wonderful, beautiful men in my life who don’t fit this at all. Not all men, but some. The problem is we can’t always know which ones. I didn’t always know. Why is it on us to learn how to stay safe, instead of teaching boys which behaviors are unacceptable?
Truths to absorb:
-White women gained the right to vote in 1920, while black women gained the right in 1965.
-Women gained the right to own property and have credit cards in 1974.
-Marital r**e was not a crime nationwide until 1993.
-The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly guarantee equal rights for women.
Men have never lost their constitutional rights.
-Trans women are women. Trans men are men.
-Indigenous girls and women face a significantly higher homicide rate and are much more likely to go missing than non-indigenous women.
-Crimes are much less likely to be committed by undocumented immigrants than by male, U.S. citizens.
-What many men fear most about going to prison is what many women fear most when walking down the sidewalk.
-In some states, women have less bodily autonomy than a co**se.
Believe it or not, there is so much more that could be added here, but this will have to do for now.
