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[Prapthi @prapthi_m]

When I was being cross-examined by my stalker's defence lawyer in court, he pulled out a dictionary, pointed to the word "harassment" and asked me to read its meaning aloud. I refused.

He then picked one of the dozens of messages my stalker had sent me and asked what exactly was abusive about it. When I asked, "Isn't that abusive language?", the judge reprimanded me for asking questions back. The lawyer, I was told, was merely doing his job.

At one point, the defence lawyer read aloud one of my stalker's disgusting messages. The judge remarked, "oh, our accused is a budding poet," and proceeded to laugh, along with the defence lawyer and a few others in the courtroom.

Procedure is punishment. If a survivor even musters the courage to fight back, the system will make sure she regrets it, questions herself and second-guesses her decision to seek justice every step of the way.

She is made to relive her trauma, defend her dignity, justify her fear and prove, over and over again, that what happened to her was wrong.

The perpetrator gets a defence. The survivor gets put on trial.

Men enable men. And patriarchy has ensured that men occupy most of the positions from which women's experiences are questioned, minimised and dismissed.

We keep getting asked why women don't report sexual violence and harassment. Why we don't fight back. Why we withdraw complaints. Why we choose silence. They are in denial about what we are put through when we do.

[Lynne @_ayandamay]

You’re only seeing the information about the Cornell 7 because the victim is suing.
Put that into perspective and get a lot angrier.
And this happened two years ago

[detective barbie @neopetOrgy]

My kink is being told I asked a good question

[🛸 @tufthug]

this is still twitter btw i refuse to call it by its stripper name

[trash jones @jzux]

i love being in my room. i’m the mayor in there

[isabel @wisepissmage]

My friend the other night said the reason we watch tv at night is because we have the ancestral desire to watch the flickering lights of the fire

[Shea Serrano @SheaSerrano]

mainly i want the eagles to win the super bowl because we would get an absolutely bonkers and perfect episode of abbott elementary out of it

[tete @teelooneyy]

when i get an oil change & they show me the oil stick thing like… ok???😭😭

[bali @ba1inda]

My problem is i like my friendships to feel like we sisters or it don’t feel real to me

[taco belle @animalologist]

omfg I can feel this altering my brain chemistry

[pj @pjayevans]

(After laughing with a group of friends) what does everyone think we’ll laugh at next

[Punch Cat @PunchingCat]

in this economy, i don’t blame him

[Hugh Jasdick @bitchesLOVEtoad]

once rappers learn how to pronounce this nigga’s name it’s over

[Why you should have a cat @ShouldHaveCat]

they treat each other right

[☔ @Whotfismick]

The unemployed be so comfortable 🤣

[nur @nursdrafts]

in the middle of a heat wave as the sun sizzles my eyebrow hairs off and i’ll still have on a hoodie or sweatshirt. real florida boy shit.

[6len ʚїɞ @6len0022]

thank you for being nice to me i will remember you forever