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EXTREME TRIGGER WARNING AND REQUEST FOR MODS: I attempted posting this elsewhere, only to receive purposely triggering replies. We can't even post in women-centered subreddits. I know there is a bot problem but we all need to acknowledge the amount of IRL men that are agreeing with bad faith actors. Please be vigilant, I want to let other's know they aren't alone without fear. I know mods are working overtime and I appreciate the hard work they're doing to try to protect victims so we can continue to share our experiences.

In another post where I was vulnerable and opened up about some of the worst things that happened to me multiple times I was still attacked. I thought I was ok. But now the flashbacks and vivid nightmares about the harm inflicted on me, my ex-husband showing me texts and videos taken while multiple men raped me and used me in every way after I had been drugged and literally rented out via group texts. All while he called me a used up whore. I was in pain, bleeding, mentally tortured and dissociating. I would hide in my "safe space." Hiding in a locked bathroom, lying on the floor, watching the crack under the door so I could see shadows or hear him approaching.

I can’t take it. Knowing people are blaming the victim, seeing people laugh about it in real life, people acting like there's any gray area... It’s too much. I haven't been severely triggered to this extent in a long time. I feel like I'm back at square one sometimes.

The POTUS, a rapist admired by millions, is gleefully defending rapists and rape apologists. I know misogyny is rampant, but the mask off open disdain of women is disturbing me to my core.

I trust NO MEN except for my partner who has always called out and confronted men making sexist "jokes" and misogynistic comments, even when it lost him "friends." He's the ONLY man I know in real life that defends women without hesitation. It's the reason I felt ok starting a relationship with him.

I want to scratch off my skin. I cry until I'm too exhausted to keep my eyes open. My heart physically hurts. Staying away from social media and the news doesn't help. I hear this shit even if I'm just grocery shopping. I don't feel safe leaving the house by myself.

Please let me know I'm not crazy or overreacting. Maybe I sound needy but I need connection with other people that understand.

Edit: I want to thank you all for your amazing replies. I don't feel as alone. Your words mean so much to me and are helping me get through the day.

Genuine question and whatever this means for you. Something I’ve been thinking about so much recently. Love and healing to all survivors.

So I saw this viral video where three guys sit around a woman on the train and another guy filming it tells them to leave. I've seen this posted in several places, however in this particular thread, I noticed more guys were defending them. When I commented (see link) they all came for me not only in the comments but some even sent messages to me. Someone said to me that the guy filming is being racist and this somehow trumps how the young woman feels being surrounded by men. For me I didn't see it as a race thing and just saw the woman and put myself in her shoes, because I've had this happen. I was approached by two men on a train who tried to get me to give them my social media details. They wouldn't leave me alone until other people joined the train. I worry about what would have happened if nobody else joined the train that night.

Am I looking at this situation wrong? What do you think. I've linked my comment, so you can see the video and what I said about it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GuysBeingDudes/s/VDCBYMNurB

In January 2025, Mark Zuckerberg told podcaster Joe Rogan that the corporate world needed more “masculine energy” and a culture that “celebrates the aggression a bit more.” Twenty months later, the political movement he was courting looks much weaker.

For one, the labor market is moving in the opposite direction. Just last year, private education and healthcare, where women hold 77% of jobs, added around 800,000 positions while all other sectors combined lost about 500,000.

As Laëtitia Vitaud argues, economists label care work “low productivity” mostly because the workers earn low wages. The true economic contribution of essentially female workers is seen as negligible even though it actually sustains the productivity of everybody else.

The same logic applies inside companies. The work that helps the team falls disproportionately to women and goes unrewarded, while self-promotion gets rewarded as leadership.

The damage of "masculine energy" shows up in harassment settlements, legal fees, and workers’ compensation claims. The higher costs come months or years later in the form of absenteeism, ill health, and turnover. Every lost employee must be replaced, and the people who stay are less productive.

From fatal work injuries to occupational fraud, statistics consistently show companies that build their culture on dominance will eventually face the bill. 

Read more on Fast Company.

There is a hashtag in x #٢٠٣٠_بلا_نقاب
#no_more_niqab

Translates to 2030 without niqab

Its been trending in x for the last 4 days , we are asking for the right to choose whether we wanna wear it or not , unfortunately 80% of us are being forced to wear it from a young age , and we really don’t have the choice to take it off , I personally confronted my parents that i wanna take it off many times and it didn’t end up will , i got hit and shouted at just for saying i don’t wanna wear a piece of fabric , and hit by my brother for taking it off to eat , its very suffocating and it makes our lives harder and less flexible,

Please listen to us for the first time in years we as Saudi feminists united against oppression, so we can have the choice to wear what we want

In 2017 we got the right to drive because our case got attention and have become global and got a lot of recognition, if your interested go check kellie-jay keen on x

Please we want recognition, we don’t want the case to get cold and forgotten, and you can see the hashtag and read other people stories and struggles,

And if you wanna know more i could inform you ,

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