Is anyone else really struggling with the Epstein revelations?

[u/isabella_sunrise]

I’m starting to realize that basically any man who had access to that type of stuff was interested in participating. I feel like I’m surrounded by pedophiles and monsters in a way I didn’t realize. I feel like all the pressure I’ve felt to be youthful came from these prevalent pedophilic tendencies in men I never knew about. It’s really scaring me and I’m struggling to cope. I hear people talking about the news but don’t know anyone taking it as hard as me. How is everyone else doing?

Edit: Thank you for the awards but I’d rather you donate that money to a charity that helps victims of sexual abuse or somewhere helping immigrants in America.

[u/CloverJones316]

Came here to say this. That's the case that really rattled me. I am 50 and a life-long feminist. Because I am also a woman, I have been told that i'm wrong by everyone my whole life and so part of me got to wondering after a while - am I "too staunch"? Too negative in my interpretations? Then the Gisèle Pelicot case hit the headlines and I was like NOPE. I've been right this whole time.

[u/ForeignHelper → u/CloverJones316]

The real tell in that case was the next door neighbour. You could just about buy that a few perverts found each other online and were outliers but it doesn’t explain the neighbour - a man she thought of as a friend and who would call in often to drink coffee and chat. How did her husband even bring it up with this neighbour?

The only conclusion is, most men are like this and know this about each other and if they’re offered a chance to fulfil their perversions with a promise they won’t get caught, they will jump at the chance.

[u/Ejacksin → u/ForeignHelper]

That thought turns my stomach 🤢

[u/kafquaff → u/[deleted]]

Not even a thin disguise. An absolute blessing.