Why?
Why do people do this?
They don’t know how it feels
They just say whatever they want
No one cares about repercussions or the other person
How do people think it’s okay to hide behind a screen and pass comments?
How do they think it’s alright to put someone down?
Comment after comment
Excuse after excuse
‘It’s just a joke lighten up’
PTSD isn’t a joke
‘We didn’t mean it’
Someone else did
‘But they said it was okay at first’
But then they changed their mind respect that
‘They’re just words’
no one gets that words hurt
‘It was their fault for sending pictures in the first place’
does anything really give you the right to spread them around and talk about them like this?
‘They’re so easy’
how do you decide that? Is it the short skirt or the pretty face that makes you think that way?
‘Do you even know how many people they’ve been involved with?’
And how does mean they’ll want to be with you?
‘Did you see the pictures they post? And that body?’
Who told you to judge them?
‘Boys will be boys’
‘It’s just locker room talk’
‘It’s okay’
No, it’s not
Body shaming isn’t okay
Leaking nudes isn’t okay
Cyber bullying isn’t okay
Sexual assault isn’t okay
Don’t worry
You’re not overreacting
You’re not powerless
You’re not alone
No more ‘ifs and buts’
No more excuses
No more ‘just dealing with it’
No more keeping quiet
Because
It’s not okay
~Tia
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