I'm not staying silent as a
#Disabled
woman on
#WomenBoycottTwitter
day, and here's why: A Thread
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Abled friends, I don't know if you all know this, but
#disabled
people are a special kind of target for creeps, pervs, and sex predators
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I had a few years where I was still abled, & had some med. issues but nothing chronic. During these yrs there were more sex, assaults
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Some of us have physical or neurodivergent issues that make it impossible to run, to fight, and not be able to scream or even say NO
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As a girl in NYC, grown men were saying horrible things to me, and putting their hands on me since before I hit puberty, but I was abled.
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Got Hep A at 17, after 5 days,my father carried me into the lobby of the children's hospital in my hood, sat me down, he & mom registered me
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The young man sitting across from me waited until he was out of sight and said to me "I could F*** you right now if I wanted to,little girl"
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I was trying not to vomit,was shaking from dehydration, was yellow from jaundice, and I did not expect this. I was helpless.
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I didn't tell my parents about what happened because they were so worried & just stressed about about my condition,& getting me to hospital
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It was the first time I was physically unable to do anything to someone who spoke to me like that. After Hep A my body gradually got worse
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I was too afraid to go to the police to any of them but I was still physically able to get out of the car one time enough so i was safe.
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The last time I was targeted was in 2014. My attacker saw I couldn't move well, and completely took advantage of that.
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When I went to the police, they said there was nothing they could do b/c I was too afraid to say no because I was NOT ABLE to run.
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At one point he made me kiss him, and he had that look on his face where it;s "if you don't do this I will hit/punch/kick you", so I did it
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Nothing happened because I could not run. I could not say no,bc I didn't want to be hurt worse.
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This person was a doorman. I told the management company of the apartment complex in which he worked. The did nothing, & I had to see him
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I had to see him over and over and over again. He had done this to other women, he was still dong it to other women for three years
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This is just what he was doing on the job, imagine what he did off the clock.
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This year a women got him on video groping her. He was finally fired, and was arrested. I doubt he got anything but a slap on the wrist
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This man targeted a lot of women, but he chose me that night bc he saw I wasn't going to be able to run.
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So many of you have gone through the same things. Imagine if you are unable to move,run,speak, & someone does this to you.
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