September 8, 2011
18. Newblog2011: 09/08/11 Harassment of me in the shelters
Continues. It is also obscene.
They like to do the coughing thing in the middle of the night; these are women I'm talking about here, although I'm sure the men would do it also if they slept in the same dorm. First one, then another, does the loud, fake, repetitive, vomit-cough. They do it at all hours of the night, in addition to what goes on during the day whenever I'm around. One starts, and then others join in.
I still wouldn't say it's the majority of people, even in a shelter population. Some people who don't do it nevertheless avoid me because I've been stigmatized.
I don't feel any more humiliated by it than I ever did. Neither do I have any more belief that I deserve it than I ever did. If I ever had moments of wondering if I could possibly deserve it, those were over and done with a very long time ago.
It is, however, really awful, completely unfair, intellectually sickening, and a human rights disaster for women everywhere, whether they realize it or not.
Copyright L. Kochman, September 8, 2011 @ 8:24 p.m./addition @ 8:26 p.m.
18. Newblog2011: 09/08/11 Harassment of me in the shelters
Continues. It is also obscene.
They like to do the coughing thing in the middle of the night; these are women I'm talking about here, although I'm sure the men would do it also if they slept in the same dorm. First one, then another, does the loud, fake, repetitive, vomit-cough. They do it at all hours of the night, in addition to what goes on during the day whenever I'm around. One starts, and then others join in.
I still wouldn't say it's the majority of people, even in a shelter population. Some people who don't do it nevertheless avoid me because I've been stigmatized.
I don't feel any more humiliated by it than I ever did. Neither do I have any more belief that I deserve it than I ever did. If I ever had moments of wondering if I could possibly deserve it, those were over and done with a very long time ago.
It is, however, really awful, completely unfair, intellectually sickening, and a human rights disaster for women everywhere, whether they realize it or not.
Copyright L. Kochman, September 8, 2011 @ 8:24 p.m./addition @ 8:26 p.m.