“I don’t understand why women don’t just report it if it really happened.”
When I was 19, I reported mine. I had bruises. Hospital photos. Text messages of him apologizing the next morning. My friends drove me to the station because I could barely stop shaking. I thought evidence would make it simple. I thought truth would be enough.
Months later, I was the one on trial. His lawyer printed my Instagram photos and held them up in court. Asked why I wore crop tops. Asked why I drank that night. Asked why I didn’t scream louder. He replayed my police interview and pointed out every time I hesitated, every time I cried, every time my timeline wasn’t perfectly linear. “If it was traumatic,” he said, “why can’t she remember clearly?”
Sitting there while strangers debated my pain like it was a group project felt like being stripped again. My messages were projected on a screen. My body was described in detail. My character was picked apart like that was the real crime.
He walked out on bail. I walked out with panic attacks.
That’s why some women don’t report. Because even with bruises. Even with screenshots. Even when you do everything “right.” You still have to survive the assault twice, once in private, and once in public, just to maybe be believed.
@berndlicious@lavendersodaa You really don’t know how to read it’s ok baby. Cause I mentioned nothing about him having to keep going (even though HE is the one that wanted to keep going after she needed to stop). You were talking about Icks. Start back with your ABCs and 123s before you pop back off at me
@berndlicious@lavendersodaa Was she married to the man in question? In the original post this is a HUSBAND acting like a TWELVE YEAR OLD about his WIFE THAT HE DECIDED TO MARRY. I know reading can be hard, hope this makes sense ❤️
@LibbyValkyria@nocontextmemes I hate this line of thinking too cause I’ve been taught Shakespeare since late elementary school and I have always understood it