Sorry that you, and other women, have experienced those things. I met my wife via online dating in 2015. She showed me some of the fucked up shit she had to put up with on one of the better dating sites; just in messages from dudes. Other women showed me the same or worse and it made sense why some women would reply to my messages with quick, short ‘not interested’ replies, likely expecting some sort of backlash from entitled dudes. I’m sure it’s only gotten worse out there with these self-proclaimed incels.
I don’t know how I would ever feel safe alone as a woman (being a cis male). Every time I watch a post-apocalyptic movie or show, I just know that being a woman in that world would mean an ever-present threat of rape and abuse to the nth degree, and even more hopeless for any sort of justice or security. The fact that so many women echo this experience now, in civilized society, doesn’t bode well for women in any societal collapse.
Sorry that you, and other women, have experienced those things. I met my wife via online dating in 2015. She showed me some of the fucked up shit she had to put up with on one of the better dating sites; just in messages from dudes. Other women showed me the same or worse and it made sense why some women would reply to my messages with quick, short ‘not interested’ replies, likely expecting some sort of backlash from entitled dudes. I’m sure it’s only gotten worse out there with these self-proclaimed incels.
I don’t know how I would ever feel safe alone as a woman (being a cis male). Every time I watch a post-apocalyptic movie or show, I just know that being a woman in that world would mean an ever-present threat of rape and abuse to the nth degree, and even more hopeless for any sort of justice or security. The fact that so many women echo this experience now, in civilized society, doesn’t bode well for women in any societal collapse.