When
I was six years old, I gave my first bl*wjob.“It’s a game”, said He. “Don’t you
want to play?”It was too big, and I threw up on him. He said I’d do better
the next time.
When
I was seven years old, I watched a group of fellow second graders cheer as a
boy in my class tried to kiss me. He hugged me from behind, giggling all the
while. I threw sand in his eyes, and was sent to the Principal.
When
I was eight years old, I had an elderly teacher ask me to stay behind in class.
He carried me on his shoulders, and called me pretty.“Teacher’s Pet!” my
friends declared, the envy visible on their faces. They ignored me at lunch
that day.
When
I was nine years old, an older girl on the school bus would ask me to lift my
skirt up for her. She was pretty and kind, and told me that I could only be her
friend if I did what she said. I wanted to be her friend.
When
I was ten years old, a relative demanded that he get a kiss on the cheek every
time we met. He was large and loud, and I proceeded to hide under my bed
whenever I learnt that he was visiting. I was known as a rude child.
When
I was eleven, my auto-man told me that we would only leave if I gave him a hug
every day. He smelled like cheap soap and cigarettes.
When
I was twelve years old, I watched as a man on the street touched my mother’s
breast as he passed us. She slapped him amidst the shouts of onlookers telling
her to calm down. She didn’t calm down.
When
I was thirteen years old, I exited a restaurant only to see a man visibly
masturbating as he walked towards me. As he passed, he winked lasciviously. My
friends and I shifted our gazes down, aghast.
When
I was fourteen, a young man in an expensive car followed me home as I walked
back from an evening class. I ignored his offer to give me a ride, and I
panicked when he got out, only to buy me a box of chocolate that I refused. He
parked at the end of my road, and didn’t go away for an hour.“It turns me on
to see you so scared.”
When
I was fifteen, I was groped on a bus. It was with a heart full of shame that I
confided in a friend, only to be met with his anger and disappointment that I
had not shouted at the molester at the time when it happened. My soft protests
of being afraid and alone were drowned out as he berated my inaction. To him,
my passiveness and silence were the reasons why things like this continue to
happen. He did not wait for my response.
When
I was sixteen, I discovered that Facebook had a section of inbox messages named
‘others’, which contained those mails received from strangers, automatically
stored as spam. Curious, I opened it to find numerous messages from men I had
never seen before. I was propositioned, called sexy, asked for nudes, and
insulted. Delete message.
When
I was seventeen, I called for help as a drunken man tried to sexually harass me
in a crowded street. The people around me seemed to walk by quicker.
At
eighteen, I was told that sexism doesn’t exist in modern society.
I
was told that harassment couldn’t be as bad as us women make it out to be.
That I should watch what I wear.
Never mind you were six, never mind you were wearing pink pajamas.
That I should be louder.
But not too loud, a lady must be polite.
That I should always ask for help.
But stop overreacting, there’s a difference.
That I should stay in at night, because it isn’t safe.
You can’t get harassed in broad daylight.
That I should always travel with no less than two boys with me.
You need to be protected.
That
it can’t be that hard to be a girl.
I am
now nineteen years old. I am now tired.
Source : thinkinghumanity.com
It is amazing, and a mirror to this so called literate society.
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