It's a game.

Every single sexual assault I have experienced, it wasn't about the guy getting off.

It was about him proving he could do something to my body.

The more it looks like you're going to cry, the more it seems like they've wrecked you... The bigger they smile.

April 11, 2026 - 05:28 UTC

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Yes. That’s it entirely. People get shit for saying ‘it isn’t about sex, it’s about power’. But, folks, no matter how much it’s about sex, it’s exponentially more about power.
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It's not about passion.

It's about cruelty, impunity, and power.

Their ability to humiliate and traumatize and sometimes ruin us without consequence is proof to them of their power.

That's the thrill they seek with this shit, physical gratification is incidental.
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@gwensnyder.bsky.social

It’s all about transgression, in every arena.
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If I may add, “without consequence” is key because it extends the dominance to everyone who knows but can’t or doesn’t restrain them. It’s why they do it increasingly openly. Others knowing is part of the power. Taboo victims is part of the power.

Read Johnson’s Soul by Soul to see this in slavery.
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I remember a guy who was dangling a big organizational grant in front of me, and was like, oh my laptop is in my hotel room upstairs, run up with me while I get it.

And I didn't want to be weird about it, I very reluctantly accompanied him and then stood outside the room door
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Exactly this: proof of power. It's no different than trump getting his cabinet to look like fools in too-big shoes.
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It's pretty different tbh
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