You know I consider myself a feminist. A huge one. Obviously.
I'm a woman after all. I support the whole ''me too'' movment. Women on high
positions. Women as CEO's. Taking abuse and rape accusations seriously. But
what really pisses me off is women that abuse the power we had been given. Power
that those before us worked so hard to give us. Women that abuse others because
they can, because they are women and obviously everyone believes them, cuz you
know, what are the odds that men could be victims of abuse? That. That pisses
me the fuck off.
Feminism isn't about blindly supporting women and hating
men. Feminism is about holding abusive women accountable for their abuse.
''At its core,
equality feminist theory advocates for the equal standing of both men and women
in terms of desires, wants, goals, and achievement. Thus, from this viewpoint,
the basis of human nature outside of culture is androgynous, neutral, and
equal.''
The definition of feminism is equality, it doesn't mean
one is more important or better than the other. I believe that anyone that
calls themselves a feminist, a man or a woman, is someone who takes a victim of
abuse serious, gives them the right to be heard. But not someone who abuses the
power and twists the truth to their own advantage.
Remember some time ago, the news jumped on the story
about Johnny Depp abusing his ex wife Amber? People jumped at it, calling him
disgusting things, abusing him, he got mocked, fired, his movies boycotted and
draged through hell all while Amber got all the support. Why? Because he is a
man and she is a woman. And now the story breaks that all along he was the
victim and she was the abuser. And despite a ton of evidence, photos, texts,
video, audio, doctors reports, people still don't want to believe him? The
press won't bother making a huge deal out of it, like they did when the tables
were turned. I'm sorry but fuck off. Amber did what toxic, manipulative people
do, she took advantage of a movement that was meant to empower women. She used
it to her benefit. She used it to cause so much pain and terror.
Don't we as a society get that men can just as well be
victims? Of abuse, of torment, of rape,…just because they are men they are not
magically shielded from it all. They can have anxiety, depression, abuse. Just like age doesn't matter, neither does
gender. You can't only care about domestic abuse victims as long as they are
female. That is bullshit. Abuse is abuse. And here you see exactly why Johnny
didn't speak up earlier because even now, even with all evidence, people still
don't believe him. They are still gripping at straws trying to defend Amber, oh
but he pushed her…let me tell you something, there's no such thing as mutual
abuse, there's the abuser and self defense. And quite honestly I am sick. I
feel sick. Horrofied.
I've been told that I am looking at the matter through
pink shades as well ''you're a fan, you don't know him''. That's true. I don't.
But you get to know them through their interviews and movie roles and things
that matter to them at least a little bit. All that, plus people he knows,
people that know him, made it impossible to convince me that he's anything but
an innocent man. And now…now when the world owes him a big fucking apology I
feel sick, can you imagine the hell he went through? The lies, the
manipulation, the emotional and physical abuse and then to top all of that, to
be presented to the world as a monster. The worst kind of monster after rapist
and child abuser. A woman beater. Can you imagine how removed, isolated and
alone he had to feel? How depressed, to have everyone judge him for something
he didn't do?
And on top of that he watched the crazy bitch become the
voice and face of abuse survivors? The nerve you guys. The fucking nerve! Just some of the extent of abuse that came
out, wasn't just throwing punches, but spitting at him, putting a cigarette out
on his face, slicing off his finger, taking away his medication, who does that?
She could of killed him! His life was falling apart, nobody believed him and she
walked away, no punishment. Do you know how angry this makes me? Do you know
how angry it makes me that she represented actual abuse victims? That is just
so….I don't have the words. Insulting really. Mocking actual abuse victims. She
stood there next to them while all along she is the abuser. My god. Someone
should call the Winchesters to put her down.
While my heart is just broken about Johnny, it's also
broken for millions of women who are real victims. Women that went through hell
just like Johnny did. Women who had to endure what this monster was doing to
another human being while playing victim in the press. For her to lie blatantly
about being abused is disgusting, ruining someones life, well more than one
someone's life makes me want to throw up. The world jumping on that train right
away accusing him sight unseen of abuse, supporting her but being completely
deaf now when the truth came out makes me want to throw up even more. I believe
there is a deep circle of Inferno reserved personally for Amber Heard.
I'm not here rambling and defending him because I am a
big fan, or because I think he's attractive and I love his movies or even
because I refused to believe all this time that he is capable of abuse. I am
here rambling and upset because he is not only the victim but being mistreated
because he's a man. Abuse is abuse and it's not right that the fact that because
he's a man his suffering is minimised or not taken serious. If feminism demands
equal rights there should also be equal concequences.
I will always stand by Johnny and support him, I'm
convinced he's a good, gentle, loving person, admittedly with his demons, but
we all have a couple of those lurking about. And I will always stand behind the
fact that men deserve justice just as much as women do, and that abusive women
belong in jail just like men do. Nobody deserves to be mistreated and abused,
take it from someone who knows.
#justiceforjohnnydepp
P.S. Amber, while you already ruined Aquaman forever for
me (can anyone get me a copy with all her scenes cut out?), bitch I better not
see you in part two, or anywhere else for that matter, or I will fucking riot.
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