I saw this on Reddit and am not sure how to feel about this

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[–]purrfect 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I know how to feel about this if the woman posting that is an adult. She went down a rabbit hole and got herself into panic attacks and attempted suicide? Come on! I do empathize, but not to the point of not calling her a bit... dim.

I'm glad she eventually realized it was because of her choices, but she missed it was because of her thinking process, as well. Looking for advice online is perfectly fine, as long as you take everything with a grain of salt, apply some critical thinking skills and look for as many differing opinions (and try to understand why those opinions exist). Looking for help in real life too would be optimal, though.

Also, feminists do fund domestic violence shelters, etc... She would have noticed that if she wasn't so busy feeding her fear with the specific posts, she was interested in.

[–]weavilsatemyface 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She would have noticed that if she wasn't so busy feeding her fear with the specific posts, she was interested in.

That's exactly the point that she was making. Internet "support" circles can easily suck you into a vicious circle of learned helplessness and perpetual victimhood. This woman should be given kudos for firstly escaping from that and secondly talking about it, not put down as "dim".

[–]Layla-2000[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She started at 14 and decided to take responsibility by not getting involved in those communities and blindly seeking emotional support from anyone when she was 19. So I think being an adult was part of the process of leaving.

[–]Layla-2000[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She said she still is a feminist so I think she is saying she supports the feminists who fund shelters not the ones who do performative things.

[–]Greykittymomma 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

She must have been on XX it is all about how ALL men will rape you unless you walk with a big dog. NO JOKE! I keep getting kicked out of there for opening my big girl mouth.

These women will give you fake internet awards after aborting a drunken mistake but be damned if you have a vagina and a different opinion on anything.

I'm sure that sub is mostly men anyway but it still gets my goat!!

[–]chrysthefeminist 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I wouldn't say getting assaulted is "normal" for women, but I would say it's COMMON for men to assault women.

[–]usehername 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Maybe she was on the old r/blackpillfeminism or something crazy like that. Doesn't seem like a fake post. Ofc I don't agree with these extreme generalizations, but there isn't really too much of that on this sub or Ovarit. Maybe it's a bigger issue on Tumblr?

[–]penelopekitty 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Sounds like a confused and uninformed teenager.