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Female


why must I always

fear walking alone because

I am a female

yet I am shamed when

I ask my friends to walk with

me so we are safe

why is it okay

for boys to make rape jokes while

women are being

raped right as they laugh

it is not funny to me

I am afraid now

 

 

 

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