Chapter 35

Ginger

I never understood how women who had suffered from abuse or harassment felt. It was something that never quite made sense to me. I often witnessed external people suffering from these things, and I felt neutral, not knowing what to feel or how to express myself. I didn't know what to say, how to respond, or how to act towards those people when they were going through their grief. I later understood that we couldn't make their pain go away.

The pain these people feel is enormous.

They feel disgusted, anxious, and everything seems to spin when they experience it. Now, I definitely know what to say to them, how to respond when they tell me their story. Now, I can explain that I feel the same way and that empathizing with them could never have been so easy.

When I saw those men, I knew something was wrong. I stood still for a moment and then walked as fast as I could to get away from them. I could hear their shouts, footsteps, and I immedi