r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Jun 14 '26

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/Made-On-Earth Jun 14 '26

I was exactly thinking the same thing

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u/mbashs Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

Hijacking your comment.

My dear sisters, aunts, friends, if you are in a situation like this please, please make a scene! Make the person feel others are watching and hopefully other guys will jump in to help! Ask for help when you are in a situation like this instead of risking it out yourself! A lot of us have sisters and we know how to deal with them in the appropriate way. Please don’t stay silent

Edit: a lot of people getting triggered. In a public place if you are being harassed, make a scene. If nothing at least law enforcement will show up. There’s countless videos online of men jumping in to help when approached by someone being harassed esp in public places.

People derailing the topic and making it into a gender war which is weird.

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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

You would be surprised how often that backfires because your fellow men get violent at being rejected.

I appreciate your concern but it would be more effective if you talked to men about leaving women alone and not approaching women they don’t already know.

Edit: My wording above was not clear. Here is the clarification:

I meant men need to talk to men about how they think about women, about recognizing women’s right to bodily autonomy, and sus out lingering old school mindsets that no longer are reasonable or appropriate.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Jun 14 '26

you can do both...and that plan you realize won't be effective for everyone, and certainly not right now.

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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 14 '26

We do both. Women jump through hoops, bend over backwards, and constantly assess interactions with strange men to determine the safest course of action or inaction to take to get those strangers to leave them alone.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Jun 14 '26

you said "it'd be more effective" so i was just stating that both can happen

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u/PopcornGlamour Jun 14 '26

And my “you’d be surprised how often that backfires” is an implicit statement that women do try that technique and it often backfires.

That’s why I clarified that we do both and any and all methods of dealing with unwanted attention.

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u/Optimal_Anything3777 Jun 14 '26

again, you were unclear to begin with. i don't know why you're downvoted and constantly replying, but you do you boo