#why do we use Medusa as a symbol of SA when litterally half of the female characters in greek myth (+ one or two men too.) coulda worked

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I saw another post on tiktok demonizing Perseus (also Lady Athena) and talking about Medusa being a 'victim' and oh my gods someone might get murdered if someone doesnt hold me back

1. The Medusa was raped by Posiedon and cursed (or gifted, i see that one too) by Athena was a Roman myth written by Ovid (i think?). So itd be Neptune NOT Poseidon and Minerva NOT Athena, if you talk about this myth to me and refer to them by their Greek counterparts or call it Greek mythology I will bite you.

Medusa in Greek myth was a gorgon, she was a monster by birth and had two sisters whose names i cant remember right now. She had two children from Poseidon that sprung from her neck after Perseus beheaded her, the winged horse Pegasus and Chrysaor who is often depicted as a young man.

2. Speaking of the hero, PERSEUS ISNT THIS WOMAN HATING MONSTER GOOD LORDS AND LADIES AND HERMAPHRODITUS, I HATE THIS TAKE SO MUCH

Infact my mans drank his respect women juice. The reason why he went after medusa was because a king that wanted him dead and to (forcibly) marry his mommy, Danae. The king trying to get Percy killed told him to go get the gorgons head. Afterwhich when Percy succeeded he turned the king into stone with the Medusa head and became king

Sometime during the bringing of the head to the king, Percy came across this princess, Andromeda, chained to a rock to be a sacrifice and he saved her.

So again not a monster.

So summary:

SA victim Medusa = Roman myth

Monster/gorgon Medusa = Greek myth

Perseus = mama's boy.