I got home from college, and my mother called me a man-hater when I told her that I became a feminist. This was right after I told her about my sexual assault over spring break.
It made me feel really upset. I felt like I had just worked up the courage over about a month and a half to tell her something really important and it was ignored because I identify with a group that seems to be unpopular for a reason that escapes me. It made me feel kind of worthless, honestly; if my own mother won’t take me seriously, then who will?