This is a follow up about the last re-blogged post from Preppy Panda “Why I Wasn’t Afraid of Getting Sexually Assaulted in College”. This is a very powerful post that speaks in many ways to the feminist movement for gender equality. While our fellow blogger is correct that actions such as dressing conservatively, refraining from drinking, and avoiding parties will make it less likely for someone to sexually assault you, this to me is shunning life. This could be seen as a guide as to how to live life with extreme caution and avoid putting yourself in situations where bad things could happen to you. But this theory would also require us to avoid cars, bad weather, stoves, and countless other potentially dangerous things. Essentially rejecting living life.
These examples to me are equivalent to the examples that Preppy Panda gives about why she was not afraid of sexual assault. Now I understand that not everyone does want to go out and party and hook up casually and drink but the point I’m trying to make here is that as women, we shouldn’t have to take those precautions whether we want to or not. We need to be able to live the way we want to and not fear others’ actions.
This is a world I would be proud to live in and be a part of. College right now just isn’t a place where this world exists. But we need to work together to make this world a reality for all of us. Where we can do what we want and not have to worry about sick people who don’t understand that me dancing at a party does not in fact mean I want to you to hit on me and attempt to have sex with me.
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