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A woman walked 6 km to reach the police station with an iron chain locked around her neck. On the evening of 10 June, the husband came home drunk. Asked to serve food, but the food was being prepared, so he lost his temper and started abusing his wife. When she protested, he became even more angry. He went outside, cut a thick tree branch, and then started beating her badly with the branch, along with kicks and slaps. Late at night, she quietly left the house and started walking towards the police station. But before she could reach the police, her husband spotted her near a temple. He stopped her, beat her again in public, and dragged her back home. He put a heavy iron chain around her neck. Then he tied the chain to a pillar inside the house and locked it with a padlock. He heated an iron rod on the gas stove until it became red hot. He then burnt her waist, hip and thigh with the hot rod. The woman cried in pain. For nearly 24 hours, she remained chained inside the house. The husband wanted her to admit in front of the panchayat that she would never go to the police again. Out of fear, she pretended to agree. The husband left the house to gather people for the panchayat. She was alone at home. She noticed a heavy stone nearby and started hitting the lock and broke it. She continued walking 6 kilometres until she finally reached the police station. Case registered. This is not a film script. It is the real-life story of Mangibai Tanwar, and of countless other women who still endure such cruelty today.

all this constant discourse about men's place in lesbianism reminds me of the time a guy hit on me just earlier this year where he acted all confused when i said im a lesbian then proceeded to say "but youre feminine so theres still a chance to turn you back" right to my face

A man who demeans women by telling them sex is intimacy akshually:

mind u if lesbianism feels restrictive to u UR NOT A LESBIAN 😭😭

Especially women. We can wake up one day & all our rights will be taken away on a whim but never for men. The Afghan women went to bed one night & woke up the next day as slaves in their own homes & it haunts me everyday.

And if you're the type to find it fun, its okay to admit this to yourself and make an active effort to avoid it. If you are a woman, you will lose.

Im holding up a mirror to some of you. Rape envy, stalking tendacies, violent reaction to rejection from women This is who you will be at 45 if you remain a femcel, some of you can barely keep up the misandry schtick when edgy men you respect hate on a woman youre jealous of.