[CalamityJane425]

As a female
I've been treated most horrible
throughout my life.
As early as ....about age 9 or 10 years of age
I've been victim of lewd comments from young/teenage boys
as far as I'm concerned it's very violating & destroys the innocence.
I could never understand why some parents don't raise boys to be
somewhat more of a gentleman.
The opposite sex terrifies me & with good reason.
I'm a military veteran. I've been out for awhile now. I didn't want to make the military a career b/c of the abusive way women are treated. No equality whatsoever. I was subjected to the cruelest of treatment that haunts me to this day. I like to say whats on my mind. If you tell a man your not interested in him, then OH BOY all hell breaks loose. If you don't pay attention to a man when he is interested then all hell breaks loose.
Example: I'm eating my dinner it's early at a taco take out place, some stranger was trying to get my attention, I wasn't paying any attention but to my food I was really hungry. So this guy pitches a FIT to his buddy that he was with. His buddy says to him the following: "Well maybe she didn't hear you" meaning me, want to know what the infantile man's response was to this? "I don't care"! just like a big baby.
I'm tired of the way men treat women. I grew up seeing women get treated like dirt including my own Mother.
Women aren't treated equally especially in the workplace I know, I've experienced this many times.
And women are paid less than men.
I finally can get this off my chest. I've never had anyone to tell this to.
I've been carrying this around for much of my adult life.

[winter loneliness]

"Me too." Thanks for sharing. Many women have been touched, groped, harassed, catcalled, etc. And a lot worse, unfortunately.

I was attractive when I was younger. I got a lot of unwanted attention from men.

When I rejected advancements I was called a lesbian. I don't know how many times I have heard that from stupid a-holes who couldn't accept the fact that I wasn't interested.

I have been a hardcore feminist and I see a direct correlation to being harassed and abused. Also I grew up in a very chauvinistic ,predominantly, male family.

By the way, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a lesbian. Not an insult. Jokes on them.