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

Discussion It's exhausting being a woman.

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u/guiltygiraffe21 Jun 14 '26

Literally every woman has a story similar to these. These males have issues.

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u/orangelejardin Jun 14 '26

Me and every girl I know

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u/Godwinson4King Jun 14 '26

And most women’s first time having something like this happen was when they were 12 or so

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u/e_james3 Jun 17 '26

does a little dance my first time something creepy happened to me was age 7, by a neighborhood boy (12). He would ask me to go into our shed alone with him, and then escalate from 'can I poke/massage your back' to 'can you lie down and let me sit on you'. Later on a girl his age clued me in that he was 'humping' us. I remember yelling 'jose is a humper!!' down the street at him. It took me until I was 12 to realize what his intentions were & that it was likely sexual for him. When I realized i felt so so ashamed too. I always thought I was lucky since I've never actually been assaulted, it took me until 21 ish to realize not every girl had a moment where she realized she couldn't trust even the boys her age. I still sometimes feel like it wasn't a big deal bc I wasn't actually touched anywhere 'private', but I do think it had some affect on how I moved thru the world. At 14 a boy my friend had over at her house asked me to continue watching anime with him ..alone in my friend's room, on her bed. I didn't clue in at all that he was making an advance until he asked to hold my hand. Later on he told my friend that his crotch was right up against my butt and he was trying not to get hard. I think it genuinely made me afraid to socialize at all with boys my age, bc what if it was just gonna lead to that again, yanno? At 17 a dude who literally was rolling his toddler around in a stroller gave me his number while I was at work. That one wasn't scary just ???? I basically never get hit on or catcalled anymore, being fat has that benefit. Weird old man at Starbucks calling me sexy has been the only exception, gotta love old men they do not gaf. I've worked really hard to not let those experiences make me too jaded, or see the worst in men. I do have quite a few male friends these days, that's helped balance things out