@opallauryn: Bro code doesn’t need to be applied when a woman is sharing her lived experience with you. Trust that strange man doesn’t need your protection. #patriarchy #men #believesurvivors #domesticviolence #feminist
It is all of the above ( everything you said) every single one of those reasons!
2026-07-26 15:14:37
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lizzielizabeth :
I confided in my ex about what happened to me and he said because I didn't physically fight back it didn't count. Me yelling no over and over while hysterically crying wasn't enough for the man who did it to me to know I "didn't want it". How am I supposed to fight someone off who has 50+ pounds on me and is 100x stronger? Like what?
2026-07-24 17:28:31
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Stephanie Keller792 :
I hate when I talk about my sexual assault and the response I get is “well some guys are into that”
2026-07-24 19:08:01
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The Dreaded Widow :
or they'll bring up bringing victims of essay themselves but in a way to deflect. " this happened to me, so it's not just mxn! what about male victims!"
2026-07-24 18:28:56
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░m░a░t░t░e • Friend :
that's because those men would do the same thing
2026-07-24 19:31:11
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alllyyyyysssssssssssssssstx :
they'll go through mental gymnastics to defend even a hypothetical man over just believing women.
2026-07-24 19:55:55
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kshoes🇨🇦 :
Because then the men would need to own up to their own coercive behaviours.
2026-07-26 04:59:00
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⚢ | ʜᴀᴠᴇɴ :
Even if they do believe you, it’s become so common and normalized that they see it on the same level as being called ugly or stupid
2026-07-24 17:21:32
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Coffeefeign :
When they do this they are telling on themselves.
2026-07-24 18:43:15
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Opallauryn :
And unfortunately almost every survivor has a story like this
2026-07-24 16:08:11
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Postal Dude's boyfriend :
had a friend whom I confided in about an assault. I explained how much it'd hurt. he said "well why didn't you fight back?" I said I did and he tried to kill me. replied with "well maybe you should've fought harder or fought dirty. sounds like you wanted it." those words haunt me.
2026-07-24 19:13:28
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Iccy Cog :
I found the same thing as a male victim tbh, though neither men nor women believe you when you tell them.
2026-07-24 19:14:45
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Danny Boy :
it's a mix of all reasons you mentioned. I assume men that defend that behavior are those that want to act the same. it's on us men to stop it all.
2026-07-24 19:06:20
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Sagaauthorandart :
It’s their personal guilt
2026-07-24 21:16:28
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Cameron Smith :
I blame Amber Heard for a LOT of this.
2026-07-24 18:26:06
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m e g 🍃 :
I’m glad that despite my exes vast ocean of flaws, he believed me.
2026-07-24 20:21:29
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Shane :
Female friends wonder why I don’t have but 1 male friend. This is disgustingly true, I am sorry for anyone who survived and deals with this.
2026-07-24 19:44:48
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Justherefortheentertainment :
It’s because they are guilty too.
2026-07-25 14:12:48
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moodym00n31 :
Right!
2026-07-25 14:20:15
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The Shift - Unmapped :
Also stunning is how a man will defend another man that he knows that’s been accused or even convicted of SA over that of a victim that he’s never met.
2026-07-24 21:42:23
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Lynniegenie :
Because they see themselves in the accused man.
2026-07-25 13:57:35
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Gayle Johns :
they know its alot of men until......its their brother, son, uncle, neighbor, or boss.
2026-07-24 18:28:15
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Addi Lu Who? 📖 🐶 🪴 :
My abuse didn’t happen cause my ex was civil with my current partner in passing. Him being civil and my partner not complaining overtly about him was enough for someone to assume what I went through couldn’t have been that bad, despite me telling them otherwise. Over a decade of friendship didn’t matter because my partner (who hates my ex with a passion anyway) had mild interactions, so clearly I was blowing stuff out of proportion. That person also never met my ex to make any real determination, it was fully what he THOUGHT another man’s opinion was that weighed more than what I had directly communicated. It took a long time to realize he just never believed me to begin with.
2026-07-24 19:35:48
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datbackwoodsdiva :
now when I told a guy that men protect other men, he called me a man hater
2026-07-25 03:56:19
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Barbelo :
It's all men until it's no man.
2026-07-25 03:04:03
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