One time I was in group therapy and the new guy was a cop. Picture a blond refrigerator squashed to 5'9" in a car crusher. Broke down and wept revealing he had been assaulted. I broke protocol and ran and hugged a weeping hulk. Took a lot of courage to break through cop level machismo, I admired that.
I haven't been abused, but I gotta tell you the difference between going out in boy mode and girl mode is like night and day - I've never been more "accidently" touched or groped in public in one day until I put on makeup, a skirt and a scarf. I knew it was bad before I transitioned but it is like a whole other universe when you gotta live it.
That's an insight that seems obvious but I hadn't considered before. I try very hard not to touch anybody who isn't engaging first or someone I know closely.
How many women deal with SA.
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The amount of men I've known as well. Not as many, but one is too many.
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One time I was in group therapy and the new guy was a cop. Picture a blond refrigerator squashed to 5'9" in a car crusher. Broke down and wept revealing he had been assaulted. I broke protocol and ran and hugged a weeping hulk. Took a lot of courage to break through cop level machismo, I admired that.
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I haven't been abused, but I gotta tell you the difference between going out in boy mode and girl mode is like night and day - I've never been more "accidently" touched or groped in public in one day until I put on makeup, a skirt and a scarf. I knew it was bad before I transitioned but it is like a whole other universe when you gotta live it.
That's an insight that seems obvious but I hadn't considered before. I try very hard not to touch anybody who isn't engaging first or someone I know closely.