baddominicana:

Earlier in this pregnancy, I filled out my “Initial Health History” form for prenatal and birth care. You know: check the box if you’ve experienced severe headaches, diabetes, all sorts of things. After the usual “Emotional abuse,” “Physical abuse,” “Sexual abuse,” I got to this very interesting item: ”ANY unwanted/undesired physical or sexual contact.”

read the link. so spot on.

What boggles my mind is how long it took me to understand that this is a totally normal experience for a great number of female bodied people.  One of the things that makes privilege so hard to fight is that it’s pretty easy to have no idea about the life experiences of people who are on the bad side of the divide when you live on the good side.  

(Source: manifestfreedom)