06/11/2024
I didn't sleep last night.
Found myself randomly crying throughout the day today.
And then, it hit me.
It took my until just now to get that the outcome of this election triggered me far more than I'd realized.
For me, perhaps for every woman, every little girl who has ever been hurt, att*cked, abus*d, m*lested, s*xually harass*d, r*ped, had a m*n non- c*nsensually "grab her p***y", or had a man force her to give up control completely, not have control over her own body or the right to make decisions about her own body, including whether or not to allow men to touch or violat* her,
The outcome of the election has re-traumatiz*d us,
Giving us a very clear message, that not only did he win today,
But that every mis*gynist who h*tes women, wins today.
Again.
They always win.
In this country, even if he is a convict*d crimin*l, a man who is filled with sheer hatr*d toward women, a man who will incite domestic terror*st to commit treas*n,
he will simply take power and abus* whoever he wants because, he can.
He won because millions and millions of other men who support a man who rap*s and abus*s women voted for him, cheered for him, carried him back to the White House, worshipping him as their idol,
their guru who tells them to sit, stay, roll over, and attack,
is back in power.
Why did I ever believe it was going to be any different?
How did I dare to hope even for 1 second, that I would be able to breathe even for a minute?
How foolish of me to think that I, or any of us girls and women, would be able to feel even the illusion of maybe, finally, one day being safe.
He won.
They won.
They always do.
