Had a conversation with a female best friend earlier this week. We saw a news report about a woman who got sexually assaulted down in Florida (terrible what happened to her). I said to her that this type of stuff should never happen to a man or a woman. She says “men don’t get sexually assaulted, they normally like it when they touch them.” (She’s for equality btw). I said “really? If a guy came up to you, grabbed your bits, and told you you knew you liked it, even though you told them to get off, would it not count as sexual assault?”

She then says to me “yeah it would! A man should never put his hands on a woman! Especially when it comes to sexual assault”. I told her “What you said goes against your views for equality”. “How?” She says. I told her “if you don’t believe that sexual assault can happen to anyone, even men, then you do not want equality. Many men don’t come out about their assaults, because they don’t get taken seriously/they’re laughed at.”

We got into a heated argument for about 2 hours, and now I’m currently blocked. Haven’t heard from her since Monday.

TLDR: my friend didn’t believe men could get assaulted, I told her we could, and she didn’t believe me and got mad.