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Where’s the logic?

so i made a post for my series on creepy men, and a guy commented under it “he should’ve asked age first because not everyone here is actually 18 or over” and yes while the case for some it’s not for me I get this one alot, even from people in my life irl, mainly because of how young i look but i can assure you i am in fact 18 i was born in 2006. Which if im being honest its super scary to think about cause it feels like i was just 9 years old playing outside with the neighborhood kids. Now I’m 18 and i’ll be going to college to study psychology, and its the craziest thing.

But back to my central point of this post, it doesn’t matter that im 18 just because i’m the age of consent doesn’t make it any more okay for people to be creepy towards me. And that is the entire reason i have the series to begin with. People think that just because im “old enough” there’s no consequence for their behavior towards me, im here to show them that there is. And i will continue to do that, i encourage other victims of this kind of harassment to post about it as well, not just women men too. Bring attention to it. People will give you a hard time but its okay just keep doing what you do!
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RuthHolmes67 · 56-60, F
I know it shouldnt make a difference but your profile picture of you in a bra top might attract the perves and creeps.
littlelia · 22-25, F
@RuthHolmes67 i had a cat as my profile picture and i still got this kind of treatment. So if your solution is “be modest” ive got news for you. It doesn’t work.
@littlelia But why encourage them?
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@littlelia I agree totally. It's not right, but the hard truth is that it does encourage them.

I wasn't saying you're wrong for what you wear.
LuciliaLucyfer · 18-21, T
@RuthHolmes67 An outfit or profile picture is not consent. Have people used outfits or profile pics or whatever else to attract someone before? Yes, but people do these things for an array of reasons, too.
In either case, my profile picture is just some cool art and I still get a bunch of weird messages from creepy guys too. The problem with creepy men is that they take consent for granted, or just totally disregard it, either or.
littlelia · 22-25, F
@MsSwan you literally are saying that i should change stuff so men will leave me alone “the hard truth is it does encourage them” no it doesn’t. These guys dont care what a girl is wearing they just care about what she can do for them, i could be wearing a hoodie in that pic and they would still be creepy towards me. Your argument makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.