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You Were Not Wearing a Skirt—Yet Malice Followed

Against the background of attacks on women reported at the time, this commentary rejects victim-blaming and calls for collective protection of women’s rights.

You Were Not Wearing a Skirt—Yet Malice Followed

The manuscript used the line “the sun and the human heart are hardest to look at directly” to express concern about malice. Its precise work and author attribution have not been verified.

She was not wearing a skirt or wandering alone late at night, yet sudden malice still harmed her. Violence in a public place can make anyone shudder.

On June 10, 2022, an attack on women at a Tangshan barbecue restaurant drew widespread attention. The trial findings later published on the Supreme People’s Procuratorate website confirmed an assault following rejected harassment. Victim identities and specific injury details are not repeated here.

“He was drunk” is repeatedly used to excuse his wrongdoing. “She was drunk” is repeatedly used to explain why something bad happened to her.

The manuscript described “over one hundred million views” and dominant searches without original platform statistics, countless people prayed for the women’s safety and strangers united to demand justice.

Whenever a girl faces violation and malice, someone blames her: do not wear a skirt outside; do not walk alone; do not give others a reason to commit crimes. But nobody tells her that gender is not an original sin, and neither is beauty.

The world seems dangerous and life often unfriendly. Danger does not disappear at their will, and bad actors do not stop because they are criticized. Fearful and unarmed, women still want to protect themselves despite a difficult road.

The finest flowering is resistance; the best revenge is beauty. They are beautiful, vulnerable, easily hurt, yet strong, brave, and united. She is me, one of countless us. Girls help girls!

The manuscript also cited news headlines from the time concerning illicit filming and violations of women’s privacy.

Some headlines concerned harm to minors. Identifying clues and specific sexual-violence details are omitted here to avoid further harm to victims.

Other old headlines concerned violence against women and online sexual exploitation. The manuscript supplied no verifiable case source for each, so they are not listed as current facts.

The manuscript also cited a headline about threats to women’s safety at home. Its discussion theme is retained without identifiable people or unverified specific allegations.

The cases and headlines cited by the manuscript are alarming, but headlines not individually checked should not automatically be treated as facts. Girls, this world is not a fairy tale, with no castle or knight. You must equip yourselves to face unknown dangers.

Friends, let us unite to speak for justice and protect women. Women’s rights need society’s support. We must eliminate malice, not beauty.

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Additional sources checked

Supreme People’s Procuratorate: Tangshan restaurant-attack trial findings (2022)

Sources and editorial history

Restored from a complete historical article exported from the PhDSciNet Official Account.

Editorial revision: The commentary’s arguments are retained. The Tangshan event is checked against official trial findings, while other old headlines are identified as the manuscript’s citations. Identifying clues involving minors and victims, specific sexual-violence details, and unchecked news screenshots are retained only in private source records.

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