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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-06-21 04:20 pm

[ SECRET POST #2727 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2727 ⌋

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Re: Complainging you don't get

(Anonymous) 2014-06-21 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Blatant, widespread, out-of-control bad male behavior. I've come to the conclusion that it has to be at least partly a matter of where you live, work and play and in what circles you travel, because the stories of continual harrassment and threatening behavior differ so wildly from my own experience.

That said, I've always lived in small to medium-sized, quiet Midwestern towns, attended a community college, socialized mainly in fandom-oriented spaces and held small-time jobs where corporate culture wasn't really a thing. Still, I've hung out with a lot of big, loud, boisterous and slightly disreputable guys, worked for them, accepted rides home from them, visited with them at friends' homes; and while I have heard a fair amount of loudmouthed talk that came off as disrespectful to women generally to varying degrees, the way I have actually been treated by men has rarely given me reason to complain and has never made me fear for my safety. I've also traveled a fair amount alone, on foot and by public transport, and not run into troublemakers of any kind.

(The one exception to all this in 43 years being a really vile former employer whose misogyny was so over-the-top it almost came off as a parody. Dude was from Jordan, and I hope and try to assume that he was not representative of his country's culture as a whole.)

Re: Complainging you don't get

(Anonymous) 2014-06-22 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
I've always lived in a big city, frequently in areas that other people would call "shady," and I've never had those problems either. I don't have a car so I use public transport, walking, and rides from people I know (including men). I have been catcalled twice in my whole life and I have never been touched on the train or bus, or had any man who's given me a ride act creepy with me.

Re: Complainging you don't get

(Anonymous) 2014-06-22 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Same here. I don't have a car either; it's walking or public transport for me too. I've never been catcalled, harassed, touched, or anything even remotely like that. I go out walking in the evening/at night all the time, too, and I've never felt unsafe.

Re: Complainging you don't get

(Anonymous) 2014-06-22 05:44 am (UTC)(link)

This. I'm from a medium-sized city and I can't remember one single instance of sexual harassment. Not one.