Everyone assumes I am a bitch until they get to know me.
1.You cant just be friendly and joke with people.
They almost always think youre flirting.
Joshua Rawson-Harris
Im outwardly cold and unexpressive because Im terrified of people, not because I think Im better.
And Ive also spent much of my life believing Im ugly and gross.
Attractiveness doesnt equal confidence.
4.As a woman, not being taken seriously.
Especially in a group of men.
(This is not exclusive to sex, but sex is probably the most common.)
8.Me: Walking through the suburbs minding my own business.
I generally have to initiate conversations.
10.People keep looking but dont talk.
11.People assume Im dumb.
Because the perks I enjoyed as an attractive young woman are notably changed as I age.
13.Being harassed in public.
I have been followed around the grocery store.
Groped by strangers while I went about my business.
Shouted at on the street.
15.My experience is people approaching me as a booty call, rather than as a girlfriend.
16.People get awkward around me sometimes.
Strangers feel compelled to talk to me relatively often.
17.I wouldnt describe myself as a supermodel, but I was a bit of an ugly duckling.
Before people were mean, but it was usually more like occasional passive assholery.
Afterward, however, it was active, overt hatred/bullying on a nearly daily basis.
18.People just assume that everyone must like you and that youre popular.
20.Insecure but attractive enough to be stared at when just walking through a public place.
Constantly eyes on you.
Like, Is there something on my face?
Creepy dudes at gas stations.
And women looking up and down giving dirty looks like its a competition or something.
21.Everyone assumes I am a bitch until they get to know me.
23.I get flirted with by older men almost every day at work.
I feel intense pressured if I dont exercise regularly.
I wish I could let go sometimes and drink beer with my friends.
26.Its hard to lay low and go unnoticed.
27.For some reason, all clothes look sluttier on me.
29.You end up having sex with a lot more people than intended.
And then they leave when they realize youre annoying AF.
So people dont love you for you.
They love you for what you’re able to do for them.
30.Everybody assumes you have hoes.
