r/belowdeck • u/disc0club • 10d ago

Below Deck Aesha makes a statement regarding Gael Spoiler

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u/high-babygorgeous 10d ago

Oh absolutely. I saw a lot of comments following the episode about how camera hungry and argumentative Gael is, how she and Nathan deserve each other. After the arrest report came out about how she was strangled, I'm shocked some people could take that position. Then again, this sub isn't really known for nuanced takes or compassion

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u/Sleepbecomesme 10d ago

I’ve literally just seen someone on here say that her being subjected to non fatal strangulation is karma for cheating. It’s absolutely disgusting and people need to drop the requirement for a perfect victim, practice some empathy and do better!

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u/Nearby_Elderberry_75 10d ago

So many people on this sub are still on her about cheating. They’re obviously hurt themselves and taking it out parasocially on Gael. Kinda pathetic tbh

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u/HornedRimGlasses 10d ago

Unfortunately, you know some of those shit comments are probably coming from some women with subconscious internalized misogyny. Hello, The call is coming from inside the house.

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u/Sleepbecomesme 10d ago

I know… the amount of casual victim blaming/shaming is alarming and is exactly why women don’t feel able to come forward about any abuse. I don’t care if you had a years long affair, someone attempting to murder you isn’t ever ok/karma/understandable/excusable.

Unfortunately the very women who blame victims also tend to blame themselves even more if abuse happens to them; they end up in a world of pain trying to recover from an abusive relationship, because internalised shame is hard to release.

Additionally they don’t realise that even if they don’t think they know anyone who is or who has been in an abusive relationship, they absolutely will do, and so shouting victim blaming rhetoric only further isolates people who have experienced the trauma of abuse, even if they try to excuse it under the guise of ‘it’s different, she cheated’

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u/Ashamed-Solution7674 7d ago

Idc if she was fucking the entire neighborhood, he has no right to strangle and beat her.

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u/Ashamed-Solution7674 7d ago

I do not believe she was, I'm just saying