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In reply to the discussion: My wife said something about Kavanaugh that I can't stop thinking about. [View all]Grins
(7,217 posts)48. What a long-time female friend of mine said (her words)
Responding to two female friends of hers:
"Every woman I know has, at some time in her life, been in an uncomfortable sexual situation with a boy/man, and I don't necessarily mean rape or assault, I mean feeling discomfort and confusion and sometimes fear. I'll go one step further and add that we.often remained silent, at a loss for words, even wondering if we were somehow at fault."
Translation: Everyone knows "a Kavanaugh".
She also told me she knew - personally knew - three women who had been raped and suffered the trauma from it for years. And suspected there were a lot more.
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My wife said something about Kavanaugh that I can't stop thinking about. [View all]
TomSlick
Oct 2018
OP
No, the point was that in high school those were the kids who made fun of
The Velveteen Ocelot
Oct 2018
#62
Especially if we went to high school anywhere. Entitled party boys are everywhere. n/t
pnwmom
Oct 2018
#6
What a coincidence you should post this. Today I overheard a telephone conversation
Vinca
Oct 2018
#13
I have been around quite a few. Luckily, I'm an athlete so they ended up flat on their asses mostly.
kerry-is-my-prez
Oct 2018
#17
I was lucky. I didn't really meet a Brett Kavanaugh type until I got into the work world
smirkymonkey
Oct 2018
#18
I've never been sexually assaulted but I knew tons of Brett Kavanaughs. He's only a bit older
Neema
Oct 2018
#37
I knew many like Kavanaugh, and they all ended up doing pretty good. Got lots of dates, too.
Midnight Writer
Oct 2018
#41
Hold on there. Weren't you the one who was insisting that we should be compassionate toward
Squinch
Oct 2018
#57
I attended a Catholic boys high school and an Ivy League university
Fortinbras Armstrong
Oct 2018
#65