jesus-christ

  • Ideology [she/her]
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    6 months ago

    or if it was something about how society objectifies young women and puts enormous contradictory demands on them all while subjecting them to abuse.

    SA

    A good portion of this category have been assaulted themselves and are looking for explanations of how/why this sort of thing even happens. Just being like "oh, his twisted brain is just broken" isn't really a satisfactory answer when thinking about something horrifying that's happened to you. Bear in mind common stats point to 1 in 3 women being sexually abused in their lifetime.

    It doesn't sound like this necessarily aligns with Rowling's experience. Or if it does, she picked the absolute worst way to cope.