"You're right. Girls are watching; they're watching women in the spotlight and using what they see to shape how they believe they deserve to be treated and how they should act at any given moment. They're watching how we do or don't stand up for ourselves when assholes like that—" I jab my finger in the direction of where the man was. "Take advantage of us. And I hope they're taking notes on how they must stand up for themselves. When I was growing up, much of the media I saw told me to grin and bear it, to let it happen because, chances are, that woman did something to deserve it. She didn't
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