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The high status of women in Native societies did not escape the notice of white women either. White women often looked to the Native societies as models of equality from which the white society should base itself, often to the dismay of white men. Even in war, European women were often surprised to find that they went unmolested by their Indian captors. Mary Rowlandson said of
her experience: “I have been in the midst of roaring Lions, and Savage Bears, that feared neither God, nor Man, nor the Devil … and yet not one of them ever offered the least abuse of unchastity to me in word or action” (Rowlandson 1974, 108–109). Between 1675 and 1763, almost 40 percent of women who were taken captive by Native people in New England chose to remain with their captors (Namias 1993, 25).3

—Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples ANDREA SMITH (via whitedenial-ontrial)

Thanks, colonialism. Now some of the highest instances of domestic abuse and rape occur on Native American reservations.

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christqueersandkarlmarx:

hey guess what *leans closer, whispers* our entire society is built to maintain the structures that support those in power and to justify their status at the top and the only way to end the tyranny of the ruling class is to rip it out of their miserable bleeding hands *kisses yr nose* :3

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muffystopheles:

Things that are creepy:

  • Persistence after someone has said NO or STOP, or has made it clear they are not interested in your advances
  • Invalidating someone’s “no”
  • Only stopping your advances when somebody informs you they are taken (you are telling this person their “no” alone is not enough, which means you do not respect them)
  • Asking “why” when somebody rejects your advances
  • Asking “why not” when somebody refuses to give you their phone number

This all happened to me AT ONCE last time I went downtown

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rawlands:

mapsofmymind:

velvetlovepocket:

“If You Know Someone Who Doesn’t Believe Sexism Exists, Show Them This”
Link here: [x]

This is really cool. I don’t wanna say I’m excited to utilize this, but it’s nice to know it’s there when and if the time comes. 

YES. THIS

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psyducked:

someone telling me to calm down when I was already calm unleashes a fury that not even hell can contain

Even worse when it’s something you totally have the right to actually be upset about.

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