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59. I didn't even tell all of what she experienced

Thu Feb 16, 2023, 03:37 PM

Feb 2023

from the cops who responded to her call. It's really nauseating. And then people who never met her piled up on the media story with their own speculative fantasies on what kind of person she was. I overheard them at work during lunch one day and got so angry that I told them that she was a close friend, they were totally wrong, and they were just as bad as the scumbag who kidnapped her. Made some enemies at work with that outburst, but who needs stupid people like that as friends?

Always amazes me how people who don't know the facts and details of a situation smugly talk as if they did.

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Teen girls 'engulfed' in violence and trauma, CDC finds [View all] Nevilledog Feb 2023 OP

I doubt these numbers are new, rather, becoming more accurate. Coventina Feb 2023 #1

I'm in an all-women book group. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #3

That fits well with what I have heard when wnylib Feb 2023 #37

Very true, very accurate Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #54

I got so annoyed and angry over harassment in workplaces that wnylib Feb 2023 #55

Oh my gosh. So much pain and suffering inflicted upon women in small and very large ways, Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #56

To make it even worse, my friend was the shy one in our group wnylib Feb 2023 #57

Wow, what a resilient person. Sky Jewels Feb 2023 #58

I didn't even tell all of what she experienced wnylib Feb 2023 #59

I can imagine it increasing with the age of the internet and the lack of skills young men chowder66 Feb 2023 #4

I think you're exactly right about that Warpy Feb 2023 #36

You beat me to the post. This has happened for ages just as you raccoon Feb 2023 #38

Have you ever considered letting him know? Polybius Feb 2023 #51

I've thought about it, but I don't think I ever will. Coventina Feb 2023 #53

They are facing a world where they will be reproductive slaves... CousinIT Feb 2023 #2

Yes it is going to get much worse for young women. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #13

The men who are applying force and limiting options are clearly Harker Feb 2023 #27

Yes if women are pregnant all the time, they must rely on husbands. Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #29

So sad! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #5

I agree that's a large mzmolly Feb 2023 #8

Yw! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #19

Like tackle football, and gunz, and cults, no one wants to admit the damage social media causes lindysalsagal Feb 2023 #31

Wow! Couple that with this 60 Minutes "Brainhacking" SheltieLover Feb 2023 #45

That's so very mzmolly Feb 2023 #44

... SheltieLover Feb 2023 #46

Much of the teen suicidal ideation I saw when working with teens was due to social media. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #6

Social media IMO plays a huge part. Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #10

Absolutely! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #14

Social media has been a huge problem. Harassment of girls & women just moved online... CousinIT Feb 2023 #23

Absolutely! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #47

Young girls, teenagers and adult women NEED to learn self defense MagickMuffin Feb 2023 #7

Rape Mossfern Feb 2023 #9

The vast majority of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse is proximal, meaning it's someone the WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #11

Absofuckingloutely! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #15

I think that more rapes are coerced by family/authority figures Tumbulu Feb 2023 #30

I assume you are correct. Adults won't listen or kids know they won't be believed lindysalsagal Feb 2023 #32

When the "me too" movement was gaining traction Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #12

And Psych 101 & human growth & dev should be mandatory SheltieLover Feb 2023 #16

Great idea. 👍 Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #17

Why aren't those mandatory? SheltieLover Feb 2023 #18

This would benefit boys AND girls Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 #20

Jee, it's almost as if someone doesn't want kids to live consciously. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #22

A periodic chat with a mental health counselor sounds wonderful! ShazzieB Feb 2023 #35

Same here, ShazzieB! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #39

I hear you, and I see you! ShazzieB Feb 2023 #48

How is your eye? SheltieLover Feb 2023 #49

Much better, thanks! ShazzieB Feb 2023 #50

So glad to heae! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #52

I'd highly recommend some martial arts training. calimary Feb 2023 #33

Absolutely! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #40

we need to find solace in something Chakaconcarne Feb 2023 #21

Agree that we need to help our kiddos MontanaMama Feb 2023 #25

Sadly, SpamWyzer Feb 2023 #24

Welcome to DU! MontanaMama Feb 2023 #26

Welcome to DU, SpamWyzer! calimary Feb 2023 #34

Absolutely! Both genders benefit, mind, bod, soul, & protectively! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #41

2021 isolation was an unusual year. I'd be careful about drawing solid conclusions Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2023 #28

Unfortunately, those numbers increase every year. Torchlight Feb 2023 #42

I agree with other comments here; also, more than ever, snot Feb 2023 #43