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Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

and the first thing that comes to mind is “women have it worse”?

Yes, because I’ve seen it and I had to intervene way more than I ever wanted to. We’ve had our fair share of violent domestic disputes in the family perpetrated by the men, I’ve seen it out on the streets, and lately, I’m watching all these videos of stories of women online who feared for their safety.

I’ve seen women mistreated in public, some being threatened with their lives, I’ve had family members impregnated against their will, my neighbor was literally choked on the street outside my window, women being held at gunpoint by their partners (I was there), and I’ve found out through gossip that the little girl I used to live with when I was a kid was found dead in a fucking ditch because of an ex. So yeah, I have no pony in this race as a man dating men, and yet I have plenty of reasons to think straight women have it way worse.

sounds like you’re invalidating their experiences

No, I’m comparing the grievances, which are perfectly valid and understandable on their own, but there’s no comparison, especially as a reason to create such an app.

It really sucks that a woman led you on but ultimately turned you down and you’ve spent the last decade mulling over it, but it isn’t quite the same as getting a brick thrown through a window a few times as part of a campaign of terror orchestrated by a salty coke-head ex who won’t leave your little sister alone and the police seem too eager to keep letting it happen. So yeah, kinda different when you factor in the readiness to go violent.

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