victim unhinged the word implies i didn't know what i was doing that he abused me or his position somehow 220109 ... unhinged and an ancient righteous anger welled up in me when i was exposed to the story of ophelia even as a teenager. that all the men in her world thought of her in one of two ways: whore or victim. that she couldn't have possibly been open and aware of the dangers and traps of the man she fell in love with but DID IT ANYWAYS because the attraction was that strong. that she had agency and choice when she decided to give her body to that man. no, no. she was stuck in a binary when she threw herself in that lake. a binary women have been trying to escape over all the centuries since shakespeare recorded the story of ophelia. i rejected that narrative as a teenager. i reject it now. 220109 what's it to you? who go blather from