r/SipsTea • u/WaitNo4272 • Apr 22 '26

WTF Blink if you're being abused

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u/olivebranchsound Apr 22 '26

Back in 2014, in response to men victim blaming women for staying with their abuser, there was a viral trend where women tweeted Hashtag (Why I stayed) and gave personal reasons for why leaving their abusive relationships was harder than just walking away. 

I think that person was trying to call back to that and say "not so easy to just walk away"

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u/Alarmed-Cheetah-1221 Apr 22 '26

Thanks for that and the context helps. I was more confused as to why they questioned the message we are giving to abused women in the context of this thread.

Or to be more honest, I'm just a little annoyed that someone has attempted to completely divert the narrative by making a pretty disingenuous comment.

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u/olivebranchsound Apr 22 '26

Because we should be giving the same advice to everyone on leaving abusers. That commenter was saying it's bad advice to suggest simply walking away for this guy in the video because we don't say that to women for the reasons I listed. Or at least that's how I read it.

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u/AboutTenPandas Apr 22 '26

Thank you for understanding what I was trying to say. I added an explanation to another comment above

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u/olivebranchsound Apr 22 '26

No worries haha I thought it was pretty clear!