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23. The Victim-Blaming, Stemming from Unearned Entitlement, is Overdue for Retirement

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Sun Sep 23, 2018, 02:50 PM

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A woman writes about her teen years near Kavanaugh's prep school - a must read. [View all] kstewart33 Sep 2018 OP

EXACTLY! n/t TexasBushwhacker Sep 2018 #1

Keep reading, elleng Sep 2018 #2

Yes, yes just so much more. FM123 Sep 2018 #6

Georgetown prep sounds like it was a prep school on how to abuse women. sunonmars Sep 2018 #3

It was. NastyRiffraff Sep 2018 #16

Remember, drmeow Sep 2018 #26

Thank you! Nevilledog Sep 2018 #4

We lived in North Bethesda in the 1980s Frances Sep 2018 #5

This a powerful rebuke of Kavanaugh even though it's not about him. underthematrix Sep 2018 #7

Agree, describes how a decent man should react. mountain grammy Sep 2018 #14

Exactly! drmeow Sep 2018 #27

Someone on twitter stated that Georgetown Prep seemed like the school in all the Law & Order shows tenderfoot Sep 2018 #8

Do read the entire article, it's an poignant, well written essay. procon Sep 2018 #9

I lived in Chevy Chase & went to Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS Pachamama Sep 2018 #10

I am so sorry for what happened to you. If there is one thing that has emerged from this smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #19

++1000 Thank you. zentrum Sep 2018 #20

Everyone should read the entire article at the link. MineralMan Sep 2018 #11

Thank you MMan. With your recommendation, more will. nt kstewart33 Sep 2018 #12

An apology did nothing for me. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #13

OMG yes! "Please forgive me" vs "I am so sorry" renate Sep 2018 #30

I got both and neither meant anything to me. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #40

The only time apologies were offered in my experience was to avoid consequences. moriah Sep 2018 #38

Lots of differences in the world. Solly Mack Sep 2018 #39

My wife grew up there... Adrahil Sep 2018 #15

someone needs to investigate this school and why was it allowed to continue like this? samnsara Sep 2018 #17

For a few years I went to a school nearby. The girls there knew to avoid Georgetown Prep parties DFW Sep 2018 #18

Yes, the type Scarsdale Sep 2018 #31

I wouldn't make a statement quite that sweeping. DFW Sep 2018 #32

excellent essay!! handmade34 Sep 2018 #21

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #22

The Victim-Blaming, Stemming from Unearned Entitlement, is Overdue for Retirement dlk Sep 2018 #23

Well Said! (n/t) B Stieg Sep 2018 #24

This is why Republican women to say that every 18-year-old male does this elias7 Sep 2018 #25

I arrived in DC for college in 1985 Books_Tea_Alone Sep 2018 #28

Remarkable essay. calimary Sep 2018 #29

What kind of upbringing did these boys have? IluvPitties Sep 2018 #33

This made me cry. I went to high school in a wealthy town in Connecticut starting at Demsrule86 Sep 2018 #34

Your mom's words sound exactly like what I was taught. 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #35

My Mom was a nurse too...and she told us so much detail about the birds and the bees Demsrule86 Sep 2018 #36

Definitely TMI at times. 3catwoman3 Sep 2018 #37