mike wax
1 min readOct 17, 2019

“It’s not rape, and talking about sexual assault and harassment is a distraction from “real” victims.” i like your punctuation. So a woman whose been raped is not a real victim, she’s a “real” victim.
correct me if i’m wrong, but last time i checked, if by “real” victims you mean real victims, then HELL YES, it sureasshit is a distraction from real victims, and an unbelievably contemptuous one at that. You’re spitting in the face of rape victims just so you can promote your blind hatred.

“backlashers have tried to minimize the #MeToo movement” yes they have, and some of them are motivated by pure misogyny. But they also try to minimize the #DemonizeAllMenAtAllCostsRegardlessOfReality movement too. There’s a reason why Joe Biden won’t be prosecuted, and a reason why people like you think he should be. tell it to a real victim.

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