The article's author shares that throughout her entire life, she has heard only one woman claim she had never experienced gender-based violence. However, after a conversation of only half an hour with this friend, that conviction crumbled, leading them to conclude that she was not an exception, but simply inattentive to her own accounts.
The text lists various forms of violence that women face throughout their lives, including controlling boyfriends, bosses who feel comfortable belittling them, colleagues who intimidate them, aggressive ex-husbands, relatives who yell, and strangers who try to force approaches. The author argues that these aggressions, whether blatant or subtle, permeate women's daily lives.
The author invites readers to reexamine their past or observe the present more carefully to identify situations where they felt fear, discomfort, asked for help, or measured their words simply by being in front of a man.
The article concludes that even in aggressions considered minor, only the women themselves know how difficult it is to react, reinforcing the need to stop judging victims. The full content is exclusive to subscribers.
