#smear campaign of women

The vitriol and smear campaign about women ‘talking too much’ is there because to men, it’s threatening to have women talk at all. If women talk, it’s only the matter of time before they start sharing information they have on men. Eventually they’re going to tell each other what men did to them in private, how they were harassed or devalued or abused, and they’re going to figure out their perception about men is correct. They’re going to organize and fight for their rights.

From the eyes of the oppressor, who makes their presence welcome by faking social reputation and pretending they’re all ‘nice’ and ‘safe’ and ‘would never do that’, seeing women talking would immediately cause a protective rage response. “Women talk too much.”, is a way to shame and stop women from sharing information, before they share what men need to be kept secret. Women’s solidarity scares them. Women organizing against them, is a threatening concept they fight to prevent.

We don’t talk enough.