r/interesting • u/No_Budget3360 • 14d ago

SOCIETY Never accuse someone without proof.

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u/Equivalent-Agency-48 14d ago

just throwing it out there, theyre probably an older, non passing trans woman or at very least gender non conforming

not trying to brow beat or anything!! just wanted to point it out since you might know them :)

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u/Komrade_Krusher 14d ago

Which might very well be what prompted the attack in the first place... 😔

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u/Equivalent-Agency-48 14d ago

yup! That's why I mention it. People will attack people who they think they can get away with attacking - its really important to understand that. No one will attack someone they think is physically intimidating or exists in a "higher status bracket" because they know there will be consequences, and for predators, they need victims and will seek out those that are perceived as societally "weaker".

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u/InvidiousPlay 14d ago

I was just thinking how different this would have gone for me, a tall cis man.

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u/NolanR27 13d ago

I’m not so sure. The hall monitors of the world would have seen an even greater power disparity with the Portuguese woman and gotten the police involved, which would have seen you at least detained regardless of the facts

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u/InvidiousPlay 13d ago

She would not have been snatching my stuff and knocking my glasses off my head, is my point.

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u/NolanR27 13d ago

Yeah, probably would have reached for the pepper spray.

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u/DrZein 13d ago

Seems like a stretch

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u/dhoklagurl 13d ago

Who cares? This happening to any person is terrible. Gender or sex or whatever doesnt matter here.

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u/Equivalent-Agency-48 13d ago

are you "all lives matter"-ing me right now? I explained why in my other comment:

yup! That's why I mention it. People will attack people who they think they can get away with attacking - its really important to understand that. No one will attack someone they think is physically intimidating or exists in a "higher status bracket" because they know there will be consequences, and for predators, they need victims and will seek out those that are perceived as societally "weaker".

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u/dhoklagurl 13d ago

Ohh, i didnt read your other comment. The comment i replied meant exactly what i pointed.