Me Too...

If you know me, if you are familiar with this blog, you know I am not about politics! But, I am opinionated as it is my right as an  American. The #metoo movement is the topic. If this bothers you, please click away. If my opinions differ from yours, please feel free to discuss them with myself and others in the comments below, but I ask you remain respectful of the rights of others.

Here we go.

The #metoo movement has built up a lot of momentum through social media. I have a ton of respect for the woman that have come forward and shared their experiences. Just knowing you are not alone in the world, that these things happen to all sorts of people, is so comforting and maybe even healing for some. Might I add, I have been sexually abused myself. It took me years to talk about it, I'm currently in remission from that pain. I have also been sexually harassed on countless occasions, school, work, and simply walking down the street. So, me too. However, I fear the movement is gaining an ass load of all the wrong points, all the wrong people, and even the abusers themselves jump on to hide their ass behind the abused.
I think the finger pointing, and the 'guilty until proven innocent' mentality around this movement is becoming increasingly disgusting! We have kicked the door down, now they are all crying wolf. You cannot prove someone Not Guilty in this world. Now, it is entirely hearsay, I can point my finger at you and you are now guilty and there is nothing you can do about it. The countless lives ruined by the attention seekers, all the careers that have been ruined by a single allegation. Now, all of our men are inherently guilty?! NO!
The rape culture outside of the U.S. is disturbing, we are helpless when a 12 year old Indian girl is forced to marry a 46 year old man. But why has that opened up this world of man-hating witch hunt bullshit here at home?! Men are becoming sickened by women. We cannot let our men go abused, refused, and dismissed! I am fearful for the rights of men in our country right now! Men have it just as bad, if not worse than woman.
 It can go one of two ways.
1. Men truly become second class citizens and fall victim to being abused by man haters and continue to get laughed out of court. The abuse will continue and they will fall into the dark pit of despair that women once knew.
2. Woman will go back to getting laughed out of court and continue their life full of abuse, reliving the cycle all over again.

We have got to stop! Yes, abuse is real. No, attention seeking lies are not real. But how is anyone supposed to know the difference? We cannot take someone's word for it and label it FACT! We should teach one another how to protect ourselves and protect each other. If I called out my abuser now, over 10 years later, I sure hope my cries fall on deaf ears. To call them out now would not fix what happened that long ago. But that's just me, I guess.
We should teach our boys not to rape, and teach our girls how to not get raped. It has to be a joint effort! Stop throwing each other under the bus, lift each other up instead.

Let's give a shit about each other.