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I couldn't have said it better! I am a mother to two sons, and I love all the men in my life (I am lucky, what can I say? Wonderful sons, perfect husband, loving dad, amazing boss, great colleagues, supporting friends - all these men make my life better!). But I am not blind! And I had my share of sexual violence from men, from the time I was a child, exposed to exhibitionists in clear daylight, while walking to school, to a few days ago, when a "transwoman" was loudly masturbating in the stall next to mine in a Whole Foods toilet (not kidding! Whole Foods!). Groped, catcalled, menaced for rejecting sexual advances, inappropriately touched, pressed against for no reason, cyber flashed, stealth victimized, exposed to sexual jokes and innuendo, victim of sexual rumors, upskirted, almost every single thing men have invented to make our lives a hell. Thank God, I was never raped, but what society is that where women call themselves lucky for not having been raped? I am sick to my stomach to hear men call us "men haters" simply because we want to be safe.

Jan 22
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