theroguefeminist:

there’s chronic under-reacting in our society

all these people act like extremely violent and dehumanizing statements and actions are just everyday things or jokes - mundane issues

so when some people have what actually constitutes as a normal reaction to something incredibly invalidating and painful

all these people see it as overreacting

but we aren’t overreacting, we aren’t over-sensitive

you are insensitive, you are under-reacting because you lack empathy or lack feeling or feel accustomed to how things are

and that’s part of how toxic it is

people want us to believe that’s just the way it is, that it will never change

they want us to think we’re crazy for feeling so hurt or upset

but it’s not that we’re crazy or we’re overreacting

it’s that you aren’t reacting enough