u/HelpGloomy351

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Jenny From Forrest Gump

I see a consensus of hatred towards Jenny in Forrest Gump because of her past. If it’s a man hating on her, he ridicules her and calls her a wh*re. Cut and dry. She’s a wh*re who deserves everything she had coming to her.

My own ex-husband referred to her as such. And I had to remind him that she was sexually abused as a child and women tend to end up the way she did when that happens. My childhood best friend was molested by her stepfather and she’s been extremely messed up ever since and lived a life similar to Jenny.

Whenever I mention this about Jenny, the men don’t even remember that part of the movie. That Forrest had the home she grew up in bulldozed because of what happened to her there. My ex-husband said he didn’t even remember that part of the movie. I have sat and watched it with him several times and he didn’t recall any of that at all.

I really do think men are sick in the head and don’t care about how women are sexually abused. It doesn’t even occur to them to care or consider it. I thought my ex-husband was a real piece of shit over this. I guess he like so many men are pieces of shit in this way.

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u/HelpGloomy351 — 22 hours ago