Ordinary Victim Blaming
Hi everyone.
Just wanted to share something as a male DV victim. The person I once loved strangled me when I called 911. I felt myself go. And I couldn't hit her at all. I was just unable to. I had to lie there feeling like she was taking my life away.
Later, former mutual friends who heard about it called me a "pussy" for not fighting back, for not being able to hit the person I loved, even as she was trying to take my life away.
I hate how this society treats submissive men like disposable trash. Like if someone abuses you, you're expected to outmatch their violence
Sorry that I can't hit the people I love
Sorry that when people hit me, I cry and beg them to stop
Sorry that you say men need to stop being toxic but when they're abused, you tell them that they should have been stronger than their abuser
Just wanted to let it out
It feels good to let it out
Don't worry I'm safe now
But I will never forget being strangled, and then being told it was somehow my fault because I didn't fight back