(Tw: the world we live in) Next Exit: Planet Safety. Arrival Time: To Be Determined

Where are we safe? We go out for a breather just for a man to come and steal our breath in the worst way. We lay in bed to relax from a long day, but a man breaks into our home and makes us feel that no amount of locks will keep us safe. We say no, just for them to scream yes. We wear extra clothing just for them to tear it. We don't go out alone, just for a man's gun to point at those with you. We run just to be tripped. We trust family, just for a man to make us always keep our distance after just a moment alone with him. We expected the police to help us, just for one of them to be arrested for crime they are meant to fight against.

Where are we safe when a man can turn the tables in an instant? Where are we safe when a man expects a fight so he comes prepared? Where are we safe when we still exist in a world of men that get believed with each lie swirling around their tongues when a survivor gets turned into a "whore"? Where are we safe when we are told to watch what we dress, when the most amount of coverage possible can lead to us being found dead a week later? Where are we safe? Because it sure as hell isn't in this world.

It may not be all men doing it, but it's almost all women having it happen to them.