Except this happened to me, and ALL the women in my life, and most of the men said I was at fault. And that I was in the wrong for showing everyone the screenshots of the chat.
They said "This isn't toxic, this is just her being mature."
Exactly!
I don't know what to say, because I have that same issue with men just with no acknowledgement or respect, and being seen as what seems like less than human compared to my male counterparts. Not just a vagina, or a "tool," a "concept," or an "idea."
I'm bolder when I talk online in real life I'm a soft-spoken loser, stuttering almost all the time.
You know what I mean?
Men face that shit too, just in a different way from many toxic women.
Including a plethora of other toxicities men and women both face, just in different ways.
In a way, you're my complete opposite, but also the same.
I don't mean to devalue anything you've gone through, or call it hysterical or imaginary.
I get the shit you're describing way too well just in my own way.
Honestly, I'd ask you the same questions, just about men.
Because really, I do get where you're coming from the way this shit seems to surround you.
I don't have friends, male or female.
Humans are unpredictable and cruel.
And I'm trying not to let hate allow me to dehumanize the same people who always and only dehumanize me.
That anger — I'm sure you have it too, in your own way.
But it's not fair to anyone to hold onto hate like that.
I know this for myself, at least.
That's why, no matter how many times I find myself starting to truly hate, I turn that hate inward instead for the lack of basic respect I feel I'll never earn.
Toxic, yes.
But better than believing all men are cruel.
All those women in your life the ones disregarding you entirely I get it.
Just... differently.
And it's killing me.
I'm just sorry you, too, have to face that disregard so heavily yourself...