Girl Talk on Yik Yak | People be like #BelieveWomen until it comes to Mary then it’s “she must be cheating and lying”. Yet people rarely accuse Moses of carving those tablets himself.

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People be like #BelieveWomen until it comes to Mary then it’s “she must be cheating and lying”. Yet people rarely accuse Moses of carving those tablets himself.

Anonymous 4w

believe women is about sexual assault though so the two don’t correlate unless you’re implying mary was sexually assaulted by god, which i don’t think you are

Anonymous 4w

yes mary the virgin teenage girl who also teleported to heaven

Anonymous

#1 4w

Part of you dismissing her is for being a teenage girl, thats exactly what im talking about

Anonymous

#2 4w

Part of #BelieveWomen is about changing how women’s stories get dismissed more than mens. Otherwise it would be #BelieveSurvivors. Its that aspect im connecting to

Anonymous

OP 4w

more of she was a teenager “engaged” to an old man and the men around her saying she was a virgin is sus

Anonymous

OP 4w

by stories what do you mean? because the stories in the movement are like pretty exclusively about violence towards women or facing oppression. besides, a lot of nonreligious people don’t believe mary gave birth to jesus not because they don’t believe a teenage girl, but because they don’t believe in god

Anonymous

#2 4w

The bible is full of doubtable stories. But hers is one of the most common to bring up or make fun of. To me it seems there is some subtle misogyny there

Anonymous

OP 4w

you could be right about that. i would say it could be a mix of misogyny and the fact that it’s basically the origin story of christianity and the most known one. i just don’t think “believe women” applies to the story of mary in that way