because of a system inundated with victim blaming, shaming and silencing, all of which Weinstein’s lawyer used in his defense. We are fighting an uphill battle. But for the first time in a long time, I felt optimistic, because I didn’t feel alone.
In the aftermath, people thanked me, told me how brave I was. Those messages are very sweet and I do appreciate them, but honestly I couldn’t have helped it if I tried. I agree: It would have been very brave if I had thought about the consequences of what I was doing before I did it. But I didn’t think; it was a reflex. I had an instinctual need to protect the other people in that room by calling attention to the dangerous man there.
What came next all happened within 10 seconds: I looked at the man in front of me, then I looked at the woman in front of him and saw that her purse was open. I looked back at the man in front of me, and in his hand was a woman’s clutch. I snatched the clutch out of his hand. Then, I tapped the woman in front of him on the shoulder and asked if it was her wallet. Like I said, this all happened within 10 seconds. Afterwards, I was furious at myself.
But that is too big of a job for me to do on my own, and luckily I’m not alone. The day after my tweet went viral, women at the advocacy groupreached out to me. My first reaction was, “How can I help?” to which they explained that they were offering to help me. I was so grateful that it only made me want to help more. I realized that I am one of many, and although the current system is stacked against us, we are building our own.
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