People who say that Jenny from 'Forrest Gump' is evil and a bitch, clearly don't understand abuse or trauma.

Often times, I see threads about how Jenny was a horrible, evil person because of how she 'strung' a long Forrest and kept leaving all the time. People don't realize Jenny was abused from a young age, and that abuse obviously caused trauma and PTSD in her adult life. This is why she couldn't settle with Forrest. She knew she was broken, and she knew Forrest was pure and innocent. Jenny didn't want to inflict her issues onto Forrest.

When she runs away, she doesn't take any money from Forrest. She does it because she feels she's not good enough for someone as good as Forrest. This is a common thing that abuse victims do in the real world. They tend to run away from relationships due to the trauma that has been inflicted on them.

And in Jenny case, it's even more understandable as abuse victims in the 50s/60s/70s/80s were NOT taken seriously. There was no outlets or shelters that could've helped Jenny. Being women was horrible during that time, and unfortunately Jenny had to deal with her issues on her own. Forrest didn't understand the depth of Jenny issues because he had a 'simple mind'.

It just bothers me that everyone villifies Jenny because they can only see the lens from Forrest Gump perspective, and not hers.

Submitted August 22, 2023 at 02:14AM by biggiantporky https://ift.tt/LZNv86x