It's so weird and animalistic when men are confronted with a woman's opinion that they don't like and can't control, some of them go immediately to the rape threat. I wrote a clearly unpopular opinion, and my DMs are now a cesspool.

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The funny thing is that it doesn't even bother me that much. It's like when I worked at a call centre when I was 20- the first time someone threatens to sue you because the company messed up their bill, you worry. By the 100th time, you roll your eyes. I'm a 40 year old woman who's spent 3/4 of my life with the internet available to me. There is nothing that these little edgelords can say to actually make me feel threatened.

I really do find it interesting that they react this way. "Here is a woman saying something I don't like. I can't immediately think of a way to counter her argument and prove her opinion invalid that way. Therefore I'm going to threaten her life and bodily autonomy."

It's like that joke "That escalated quickly." How do people immediately jump that far at the first challenge to their perceived superiority?

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ETA- I would like to report that now my DMs are filling up with positive messages because a bunch of amazing people are trying to balance out the negative ones. You guys are awesome!

ETA again- I had to disappear for a few hours and now I have more personal messages and DMs than I think I can reasonably respond to today. Thank you to everyone for all your positivity!