Thread by @ZerlinaMaxwell

THREAD: I want to tell you a story that is relevant to these random women defending Kavanaugh. This happens all of the time. Women defend men who they consider to be friends from allegations all the time. This happened to me IRL....

My rapist was a "friend." He was the boyfriend of one of my roommates. We had a lot of mutual friends and when he raped me everyone took sides. There is even a well known person #ONHERE who gives talks on rape culture who has NEVER called me ever and took a side...it wasn't mine

if you love a man or if a dude is a friend of yours it can be hard to believe they could rape someone but that's because we fail to understand that it's about CONSENT and not whether that guy is nice to YOU personally.

The question isn't whether Kavanaugh is a nice guy or that he coaches softball it's whether he violated consent and held this woman down. That's the question we need answered. He denies it. She says it happened. RANDOM WOMEN WHO WOULDN'T KNOW ARE DEFENDING HIM BUT SO WHAT?

there are probably plenty of people who were say my rapist is a great guy but that doesn't make him not a rapist. he violated consent so he's a rapist.

thanks for coming to my ted talk.