“I Shouldn’t Have to Feel Afraid”

microaggressions:

“Alright love, how you doing tonight? You look lonely, want some company?”

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Shouted at me often. As a woman I shouldn’t have to feel afraid to be outside alone after dark, but the sad fact is I do, and I have good reason to.

This sort of thing has happened to me quite a few times, too. The best part is that because I’m fat, I’ve had a lot of people clearly not believe me, and treat me as though I’m imagining things/making things up/ “Are you sure it was directed at you?” (Yes, I was the only other person on the street at the time!). Yay Intersectionality of Marginalization!

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