Group chats are the easier, modern-day, 3-way-calling if you will. Except with a chat, you have to invite people, and when you 'mistakenly' invite the person your entire chat is about, you better believe that you f*cked up. Truly.
When 22-year-old law student, Eleanor Henry, was added to a group chat with a group of men, she wasn't ready for what she was going to read.
A group of men had posted pics of her and sharing degrading comments amongst themselves about how they would try to sleep with her.
It was all fun and games for the anonymous men who even joked about adding her to the group.
"Show me where u p**** from. Works 9/10 times," one of the messages read. You cannot make this stuff up.
She had only met two of the men in a group assignment at the university they all attended.
She revealed that she had never engaged with them on a social level and had never even met the additional two guys in the chat.
According to Distractify, when they referred to her as a bike it implied that they wanted to bring her to Thailand for group sex.
“I felt dirty, embarrassed and so, so offended,” she told The Sun.
Henry told Daily Mail Australia that she spoke to her sister about it, who encouraged her to post it on Facebook..
So she decided to share her story to bring awareness to rape culture.
"This is why I'll die a feminist," she wrote in her post.
Peoples' responses rallied around her decision to be vocal on such a serious topic.
“We should not be objectified, we should not be subject to such humiliation, we as women need to make a stand against it together," she said. Henry also added, “If it does happen to you, you are not alone. Find it within yourself to make a point because you will be heard and supported.”
Of course as soon as the men caught wind of their dirty laundry being aired, they begged her to take it down.
She chose not to disclose their names as to avoid shaming them, but showing those receipts is all she needed to do to prove that there's A LOT of work to be done when it comes to how men talk about women and perpetuate rape culture.
According to RAINN — the largest anti-sexual violence organization in the nation — one out of six American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape. This stat is also true for Australian women — where Henry is studying.
Although it may have not been easy for her to share her story, it was a powerful move to do so and helps others open up the dialogue about harassment and objectification.
