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Sexual assault is also a kind of bullying. This is all I thought for the whole episode. The “Hot List” made by Alex was made open for the entire school, and if I was Hannah I would definitely feel extreme humiliation and would develop anxiety thinking that men would probably think things with her body in the most degrading way possible. Being a woman is hard because of so many factors but one is that we always worry on getting sexually assaulted, most especially in public places. Sometimes it’s not even because of what you’re wearing nor the time or place you’re in, if it happens it happens, and it is bothering me. That, I think, is what Hannah was exactly feeling at that moment. It is more than just an embarrassment. As we have watched this part of the series I hope that boys and men would come to an understanding that woman must be given the same respect that we give to the male group of the society. I hope that stigma of the past, where women are more of a slave and a source of pleasure, will finally come to an end.

To all the young girls and ladies, there will always be those moments or situations where we will feel disrespected and degraded and we cannot control or prevent the possibility of it happening to us but what we are capable of doing is to stand up for ourselves and fight for our rights and our dignity. It is time to prove all of the stereotypes, that the old generation has given us, wrong.

To all the young boys and men, as per the old stereotypes you guys have is their strength and I hope that it will be used to make us feel safe, secure, and well protected around you.

Depending on our own perspective, high school can be heaven or hell. It was revealed in the pilot episode of 13 Reasons Why that Hannah Baker took her own life and from here we can already tell how high school was for her.

As I have said in my previous posts, I am an introvert. My family, especially my mother, and some of my friends has shown their concern for me. They worry that as I transfer school for senior high I might be an easy target for bullies because of my shyness. My mother worried most about me struggling on having/making new friends, because I don’t really socialize as much as others. In this series, social standing is a one big factor to have a good high school experience, which is totally true in real life but not for me. Unlike most of the teenagers today I don’t get strength and confidence on other people and their opinions. I always find my strength and confidence in God and in the people that are dearest to me, like my family.

At the end of the episode, Clay, the one whom Hannah sent her tapes to, saw Tony as he was going through one of the  13 tapes that was entrusted to him for a certain reason, and asked if why can’t he just tell him what’s on those tapes. Tony wasn’t able to answer his question and has advised him to just “keep listening”. Now to me it is sad that Hannah possibly took her life in order to get everyone’s attention and listen to what she has to say.