Views : 1,042,385
Genre: Comedy
Date of upload: Oct 9, 2018 ^^
Rating : 4.463 (6,986/45,038 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2022-03-26T10:18:51.481722Z
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To the creator: I like the fact that you added the creep guy in the background but didnât do anything because wether you meant for it to or not that made its own point without him saying a word. A stalker doesnât have to physically do anything to make a situation scary. Just the fact that theyâve there following you is enough to make someone not want to go outside. Thanks for the video though i really dig this kinda content, an unspoken social issue is always interesting to hear about. New to the channel but staying around đđ»
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There was something in the video that confused me at first. The point where she grabs his hand and leads him away. I thought the point was to highlight the caution that women in particular have to act with when they are in "bad" neighbourhoods at night. But when they went back later I realized.
She knew the weird guy was following them and she didn't want him to know where her apartment was or, worse, corner her when she was alone. But Ted stopped cause that was it for their hanging out for the night, so she had to lead him away.
Wow.
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Martha is aware that the odd guy who approached her in a bar at about 3:12 is following her and will not call her male friend's attention to that fact. (As with other forms of harassment, decent guys are usually oblivious. They don't do it. They don't expect it.) This is a common thing among women who have been harassed on the street, in a bar or club, been felt up, groped, assaulted. They don't tell male friends or relatives. They worry that telling them will only escalate things.
If I may relate some thoughts on the worst of such cases, rape, but it can be applied to these other situations as well. Men often do not know what to do if told about such violations of their female relatives/friends. Offering to or threatening to kill the rapist is not likely helping the rape victim. In fact, YOU might be hurt or killed. I get that men feel helpless when a loved one admits that he or she has been raped but declaring your desire to kill my attacker-in some misguided attempt at chivalry-doesn't make me feel better. I've been raped.
Similarly, threatening to fight that guy who screamed, "Nice Tits!" at me on the street or the guy who grabbed my Ass or Breasts in a club won't really help. You'll likely get hurt or in trouble with the law and now I get to feel bad that I didn't just keep my big mouth shut and wonder what I did to deserve all of this.
Nothing will change what happened, whether it was mere cat-calling or worse. I've lost something, and I don't mean my unsullied virginity. More, I've lost a bit of faith in the world, that we're all basically decent. (Yes, I realise that that is naive but most people convince themselves that they are good and bad things just don't happen to good people, so don't tell me I'm alone in my naïveté and what's the alternative to being a bit naive anyway? Living your life in constant fear that terrible things WILL happen?) This can mostly be applied to any such violation, not just rape. We don't like to call attention to it, generally, because you don't just want to listen, you want to ACT. And in acting, you may be taken away from me or alternately, be more distant emotionally because you can't act because I am afraid for you and you won't just sit with me and listen because it will remind you of your impotence.
I need you to be there. Be that Daddy who always held me when I fell. Be those older brothers who always made me laugh and protected their baby sister. Be those friends who always included me in their fun. BE THERE. Don't shut me out and act all uncomfortable around me because of what happened. I have to pretend to be O.K. You need to at least try to pretend to be O.K. with me.
Killing my rapist won't help me and now I have to worry that you will do something stupid and I'll lose you too. And that I can't confide in you because you'll try to fix my problems, and in the worst possible way. Be there. Please don't go away and leave me all alone.
(sorry for the long post, I felt I needed to say it, not just for me but any guys wondering why we wouldn't tell you.)
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Wow, the timing of stumbling across this is insane.
I went to a concert on Thursday night with a very attractive female friend of mine and for the first time, witnessed directly some of the BS she probably has to put up with on the regular.
Between the guys asking me if she was 'my girl' to the guys trying to rub up on her while she was just trying to enjoy the concert. It connects directly to some of what was communicated in this video. At one point, I was literally herding these two guys away from her, and doing my best to accomplish that without her noticing, as I didn't want them or my actions to distract her from enjoying the moment.
One had the audacity to say, "It looks like she can defend herself," to which I responded, "You're damn right she can, but you've got no fucking right to put her in a position where she feels that's necessary."
And in this day and age, I realized when she'd headed to the bathroom and left her drink with me that not only was it a demonstration of trust, but that while I'm used to not giving a shit or having to worry, I actually had an obligation to actively watch her drink (and my own) and make sure that no douche bag put something in it while I was enjoying the show, because I wouldn't put it past them to dose one or both drinks to either try and incapacitate her, but instead dosing me, or fuck us both up to get me out of the picture and her to wherever.
I'm gonna have to watch this a few times to get everything out of it, I think.
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Sad but true. And I learned this the hard way. What's scary is that as an introvert, and as someone who has few friends who are nowhere near my home, I usually move alone. And because of past experiences, I have to carry pepperspray with me wherever I go. It's sad that this has become "normal" for some of us. It shouldn't be. It's hard to trust anyone.
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@adamgauntlett4815
5 years ago
The Stalker is the most fascinating thing about this video, because he underlines the central point of the video. Martha knows he's there - probably has one eye on him the entire night. For that reason she stays very close to Ted, holding his hand, making sure that they go everywhere together and do not separate until she gets to her front door, stalker-free. Yet she never mentions it, because if she did she knows Ted would want to do something about it and that absolutely is not what she wants to happen. She says as much in the last few lines - there's stuff she'll never tell him because she doesn't want him to feel sorry for her, treat her like a victim, or think he's a bad person [either for taking action or not taking action]. Nice piece of storytelling.
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