how women hijacked a bro's tiktok to teach consent
the girlies said "hold my concrete"
A viral TikTok video has been circulating of a pickup truck’s gas tank solidly filled to the brim with dried concrete. It’s a POV style filming with a man frustratingly explaining how some “crazy ass bitch” put concrete in his homie’s gas tank.
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Of course, a video like this would go viral. It’s an absurd situation. It’s rage bait. It’d be incredibly insane to deal with. Imagine calling your insurance company and explaining wtf happened. If you work in that industry, please let me know if you’ve ever heard of a claim like this.
Anyways. The video now has 2.1 million likes at the time of writing this, but it’s viral for a different reason… and it’s not because people feel bad for the dude and his truck being bastardized. It’s full of comments from women oozing with sarcasm. Women collectively decided that this situation is a perfect analogy of what it’s like to be violated as a woman and put into a he said, she said situation. The truck itself, a symbol of strength, manhood, and power was vulnerably violated against its will. Something vile, other than gas, was forced into its orifice, leaving it with permanent and lasting damage! An insane metaphor, but oddly poetic.
The man who posted it probably thought the comments would all jump aboard the “what a crazy bitch” train in support of his buddy. But siiiiiike. Instead, the comments turned the situation into an analogy for how society often brushes off crimes against women. One comment says, “Did he specifically say no?” Another, “Maybe the truck was asking for it with the way it looked.” It’s the same victim-blaming BS women face IRL, but here, it’s directed back at men in a scenario with much less consequence. The gas tank becomes a hole to objectify, the truck a victim, and the comment section a mirror reflecting how women are so often treated.
The rage bait of this video didn’t get the reaction he likely hoped for, especially when you look at the follow up video he made. Instead, TikTok’s algorithm, which thrives on drama, did its thing. It amplified the girlies’ takeover, transforming what shows up on FYPs into space with guaranteed eyes for schooling on nonconsent and proving how universal this experience is for so many women.
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One comment hilariously in the context of the video reads “ALLEGEDLY” which is a word that is basically stapled into the minds of doubters and used to undermine the stories of victims all of the time. Did you know that more than 2 out of 3 sexual assaults go unreported??? True story. Why? Uh, because of the fear of not being believed or being blamed. In this video’s comment section, women take the culture of disbelief and throw it back at dudes, using the truck as a placeholder for the endless real life victims. It’s self-aware, scathing, and stone cold.
What makes this TikTok so interesting is how women took over and essentially cosplayed as the same men who perpetuate and host misogyny online. It feels unusual and different, it subverts the behavior women deal with online constantly. And yes, there are numbers to back that up. Studies prove that women often get the short end of the stick when it comes to trolling, harassment, toxic language, and abuse. Women are over 3 times more likely to report being sexually harassed online and 1.5 times more likely to say they’ve been stalked compared to men. Yikes. For younger women, it’s even worse. One in three women under the age of 35 say they’ve been sexually harassed online which is a lot more than one in ten men of the same age group. (BTW, NOBODY SHOULD BE HARASSED, REGARDLESS OF GENDER!) Also, half of women who’ve experienced harassment online say it happened because they’re women. The number goes up to 67% for sexual harassment victims and 53% for stalking victims. WE HATE IT HERE.
For the record, I do not condone this supposed act of vandalism. But I am obsessed with how the TikTok post turned into an unexpected example of how cultural truths can hijack a narrative. Women took what was likely meant to trigger anger toward them and turned it into a crash course on double standards.
But honestly, the real question is… Do you think she actually did it? 👀 😈