OHMYGOSSIP — Megan Thee Stallion has slammed people who “treat women as objects”.
The 25-year-old rapper recently alleged she was shot in the foot by fellow rapper Tory Lanez, and has now admitted she was “shocked” to have been involved in the situation, because she thought violence against women primarily happened during a relationship.
She said: “I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.”
Megan didn’t come forward with the name of the person who shot her at first, and says her initial silence came as she was scared she would be “publicly questioned” over her claims.
She added: “My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.”
And after reflecting on the incident, Megan now believes violence against women can happen at any time, especially when some people believe them to be “objects”, rather than people with “free will”.
Writing in an op-ed for The New York Times titled ‘Why I Speak Up for Black Women’, she explained: “After a lot of self-reflection on that incident, I’ve realised that violence against women is not always connected to being in a relationship. Instead, it happens because too many men treat all women as objects, which helps them to justify inflicting abuse against us when we choose to exercise our own free will.”
The ‘WAP’ hitmaker first blamed Tory for the shooting – which saw him charged with one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle – after she alleged his publicist had been spreading false information about the incident.
In an Instagram Live, she said: “Since y’all hoes so worried ’bout it, yes, this ***** Tory shot me.”
She continued: “You shot me. And you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying and s***. Stop lying. Why lie? I don’t understand. I tried to keep the situation off the internet, but you dragging it. You really f****** dragging it.”
Megan went on to explain that she was in a car with Tory and several other people when an argument broke out and claimed he shot at her after she decided to get out and started walking away.
She said: “Everybody in the car arguing. I’m in the front seat, this ***** in the back seat.
“I get out the car, I’m done arguing. I don’t wanna argue no more. I get out, I’m walking away. This *****, from outside the back seat of the car, start shooting me. You shot me!”
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