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MineralMan

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3. Exactly. All of the women I know, and I mean all of them,

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Original post)

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 10:34 AM

Oct 2018

tell stories about being groped by boys while in high school. Clumsy, domineering boys who were too stupid to realize that if they were nice and just a little bit patient, consent for such explorations would have happened in the natural course of things.

But, no. The boys just grabbed and honked body parts like bicycle horns. Stupid, immature boys, many of whom went on to be equally clumsy, stupid men. There is no cure for rank stupidity and brutish behavior.

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Chrissie Blasey didn't tell anyone because at 15 [View all] MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 OP

You nailed it, Mary. Ohiogal Oct 2018 #1

"...and ever shall be" - well, maybe not anarch Oct 2018 #2

Thank you. Let's keep up the fight MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #10

Exactly. All of the women I know, and I mean all of them, MineralMan Oct 2018 #3

And even that type of behavior doesn't come close to holding someone down and covering their mouth MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #4

That's true, but it's still assaultive. MineralMan Oct 2018 #6

Definitely! MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #7

Even older, more established victims are discredited mythology Oct 2018 #5

More than 1/3 of my friends say they were sexually assaulted or raped before age 20. SharonAnn Oct 2018 #8

Same here. I did not actually add them up, but there was one friend who stated that she has never MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #9