I don’t even know how to word this because I feel like my words can’t do justice to how many women are feeling right now. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Sarah Everard and how a woman was not allowed to walk home. It’s unbearable. ⠀
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I’ve also felt a deep sense of connection between myself and other women this week. I’ve had conversations about how being hyper-conscious of our safety is just something we’ve done throughout our entire lives. The deep sense of connection is one of fear. ⠀
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We have all shared our live locations.
We have all changed our shoes.
We have all held our keys between our fingers.
We have all made phone calls, both real and fake.
We have all tucked our hair inside our coats.
We have all ran down dark roads.
We have all theorised our escape routes. ⠀
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What’s so insidious is that these things don’t even feel like ‘special safety tools’. They’re literally just engrained behaviours and actions we’ve had to pick up since we were little girls. Because ’that’s just the way it is.’ ⠀
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‘Text me when you get home xxx’ is a standard procedure amongst women. Auto-pilot. ⠀
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I wish more men understood the fact that we cannot walk alone at night with headphones in.
That whenever we get in Ubers, there’s the lingering thought this could be it.
That whenever you say ‘they’re just being friendly’, you are part of the problem.
That whenever we walk past groups of men, our heart beats a little bit faster.
That whenever we shout back at sexual harrassment in the street, we take yet another gamble at risking our safety. ⠀ ⠀
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Stop harassing women.
Stop victim-blaming women.
And stop burdening women with the weight of other men’s actions. ⠀
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A woman should have been allowed to walk home.
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I’ve also felt a deep sense of connection between myself and other women this week. I’ve had conversations about how being hyper-conscious of our safety is just something we’ve done throughout our entire lives. The deep sense of connection is one of fear. ⠀
⠀⠀
We have all shared our live locations.
We have all changed our shoes.
We have all held our keys between our fingers.
We have all made phone calls, both real and fake.
We have all tucked our hair inside our coats.
We have all ran down dark roads.
We have all theorised our escape routes. ⠀
⠀⠀
What’s so insidious is that these things don’t even feel like ‘special safety tools’. They’re literally just engrained behaviours and actions we’ve had to pick up since we were little girls. Because ’that’s just the way it is.’ ⠀
⠀⠀
‘Text me when you get home xxx’ is a standard procedure amongst women. Auto-pilot. ⠀
⠀⠀
I wish more men understood the fact that we cannot walk alone at night with headphones in.
That whenever we get in Ubers, there’s the lingering thought this could be it.
That whenever you say ‘they’re just being friendly’, you are part of the problem.
That whenever we walk past groups of men, our heart beats a little bit faster.
That whenever we shout back at sexual harrassment in the street, we take yet another gamble at risking our safety. ⠀ ⠀
⠀⠀
Stop harassing women.
Stop victim-blaming women.
And stop burdening women with the weight of other men’s actions. ⠀
⠀⠀
A woman should have been allowed to walk home.
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Please try to keep safe🙌❤️🔥✌️
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Clear, powerful & so true 😢
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The biggest war for feminism and human rights is happening in IRAN right now. If you are living on earth and being silent you don’t get to talk about women’s rights anymore. Speak up. Be our voice. Stand with the women of Iran.
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😂😂 wat willen meiden met sleutel in hun hand doen tegen een man
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Ok
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Yes to fuckin this. What a cruel world we live in 👏👏😢
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