From a former conservative Christian

I was born and raised into an evangelical Christian family. I was homeschooled and pretty much brainwashed. I was taught to volunteer to help the poor and disabled by having a good attitude and putting up with their “bullshit”. I was married off by 20 and was destined for motherhood then spinsterhood. I never believed in it but I never knew it was wrong. I was so naive I had no idea I was being manipulated. <br><br>It took a marriage failing and an entire mental breakdown to get me out. I got a job. I was active online. I discovered feminism, intersectional feminism. I volunteer now because I want to. I care about people. I care about the future and want a better world. <br><br>I don’t know how men can say we are privileged when we are treated like literal property. I volunteer with kids who have been sexually abused. Men are the ones doing it. <br><br>I volunteer with the homeless. Men are the majority. Women are the minority because women are the caregivers and have children to care for. And men are always the ones abusing power and exploiting our vulnerability. And women are often the ones taking them in. And we are judged for leaving them.<br><br>I’m so tired of men judging us and belittling us. I’m so tired of seeing so many women exploited and traumatized. I’m so tired of buying tampons with tax on them because they aren’t a necessity. I’m so tired of the constant gaslighting. <br><br>I’m so angry I’m shaking. I have a daughter. And I want better for her. I want the world to be better for her. I want to protect her. I can’t. I’m too traumatized. I’m too poor and ignorant. I don’t know how to navigate the world. I’m just trying to survive myself. I’m trying to just be happy but I’m not. I’m so angry. <br><br>So I combat it. I volunteer with kids. I volunteer at the hospital. I volunteer at the food bank. I clean up. I care for the earth. I talk to people. I care about them and share my story. I warn people. I tell them men are not safe. I tell them to be cautious. I just want to protect. I just want everyone to be better. I want women to be loved and protected and cared for.<br><br>Fuck every man who ever protected the “rights” of men over the rights of women. Women are dying. Children are dying. We are all suffering. <br><br>Fuck the patriarchy.