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No is the new yes

Today, I rant

By Kiesha’s DiaryPublished 8 months ago 1 min read
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the business boys are being taught to never take ‘no’ for an answer

their actions have the potential to kill girls quicker than cancer

the patriarchy are forever in mens favour

concluding that “there is no evidence he ever made her”

justify what he did by calling it a ‘mistake’

because apparently real men do not rape

the school girls are being taught that if any skin is visible

it gives boys the green light to get physical

so if you report an assault…

remember: your choice of clothes determines the results of who gets the fault

“she never said no” but did she ever say yes?

did she give you permission to put your hand up her dress?

how can she answer a question she was never asked?

but it is his word against hers, because it was in the past

failed by this system

tell me, how she is not the victim?

now i know why so many girls do not report

it is because the system lacks fair support

i am so sorry girls that only a minority of men get charged

whilst you have a life sentence of the memory scarred

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Kiesha’s Diary

𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍. 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎. 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 ❀

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