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48. While not even close to this level

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 08:27 AM

Apr 15

the choruses I am in are both singing popular songs that clearly sexualize 17 year old girls. Dancing Queen and Paradise by the Dashboard lights. And they are far from the only songs that do this.

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I wish to state something about sex crimes: [View all] PCIntern Apr 14 OP

Yup. I hear you. As a woman, I have my own stories. Joinfortmill Apr 14 #1

Same ananda Apr 14 #8

Me too. OMGWTF Apr 14 #18

WTF is wrong with men? Disaffected Apr 14 #22

Culture has just as much to do with it blubunyip Apr 14 #42

This leads to the nature or nurture debate. Disaffected Apr 15 #44

Imho, women can cut their losses by simply avoiding athletes. Some have taken allegorical oracle Apr 15 #49

Then there's the "nice guys," some wearing spectacles, smart, bookish, well-mannered... Alice B. Apr 15 #58

While I agree to a point... radical noodle Apr 15 #59

"Go for the guy wearing spectacles." TheProle Apr 15 #67

Prehistoric times? "Cave-man marriage"--- knock the woman over the head with a club, Jack Valentino Apr 14 #43

You might be projecting modern norms on prehistory. Buzz cook Apr 15 #63

Yeah, who really knows? Disaffected Apr 15 #66

Same here. highplainsdem Apr 14 #26

It was prevalent throughout the sixties and seventies too. Arthur_Frain Apr 14 #2

This was ongoing from the 1920''s through the 1990's and likely beyond there. PCIntern Apr 14 #4

It was ongoing through all of history and pre-history. It just wasn't talked about. Or the victim was blamed. raccoon Apr 15 #55

I'm sorry that happened to you. And also if it ruins someone's life it's not necessarily because they "let" it. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 14 #5

That's exactly what the "Me, Too" movement was trying to raise awareness of. Diamond_Dog Apr 14 #3

I never got that in fertility clinics Figarosmom Apr 14 #6

The most graphic testimony in the GJ report PCIntern Apr 14 #7

Assaulted by gay bashers? N/t Figarosmom Apr 14 #9

Oh no... PCIntern Apr 14 #10

I feel sick... AloeVera Apr 14 #27

Geez.. Figarosmom Apr 14 #37

OMG 😳 MustLoveBeagles Apr 15 #64

Collection at home was an option we used to create my daughter Soul_of_Wit Apr 14 #24

I've always said that it's up to parents to inform their teenage children BEFORE it happens to them FakeNoose Apr 14 #11

Absolutely... PCIntern Apr 14 #12

And then there are those parents who are shit. usedtobedemgurl Apr 14 #16

That's ridiculous. AZ8theist Apr 14 #20

Thank you. usedtobedemgurl Apr 14 #21

You're welcome. AZ8theist Apr 14 #32

I'm an old lady now, but... Trueblue Texan Apr 14 #39

I'm sorry 😞 MustLoveBeagles Apr 15 #65

And sadly that is part of the problem Lifeafter70 Apr 14 #33

And no matter the warnings, it can and does still happen. 1WorldHope Apr 14 #15

From the epstein files it sounds like many of the parents Figarosmom Apr 14 #38

Teenage? Ms. Toad Apr 14 #41

I still have a vivid memory of a friend and I being accosted by some creep Disaffected Apr 15 #45

Twice, in the 60s, adult males tried lure me within their reach. enigmania Apr 14 #13

So, is this an American thing? Is it a European thing 1WorldHope Apr 14 #14

Pedophilia knows no borders.. whathehell Apr 14 #29

It turns out that Grimm's fairy tales had a real purpose it seems. 1WorldHope Apr 14 #31

We largely read sanitized versions of those dsc Apr 15 #47

It is a human thing. Disaffected Apr 15 #46

If they Rebl2 Apr 14 #17

Pretty revolting, isn't it? PCIntern Apr 14 #19

Exactly MustLoveBeagles Apr 14 #23

Report them MorbidButterflyTat Apr 14 #25

And they're helping those freak f*cks have children! Trueblue Texan Apr 14 #40

This exists and always existed because it has been allowed to exist Bluestocking Apr 14 #28

For many years I taught women's self defense oberle Apr 14 #30

Since I was in high school (late 60s) I have wondered: Why do they teach boys wrestling, but not girls? Attilatheblond Apr 15 #52

"which include Boy Scout and Girl Scout publications" ??? progressoid Apr 14 #34

Same Sympthsical Apr 15 #54

I saw it myself as a patient PCIntern Apr 15 #70

Re fertility clinics Tasmanian Devil Apr 14 #35

References? PCIntern Apr 14 #36

While not even close to this level dsc Apr 15 #48

I'm not sure these are great examples. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 15 #68

my first two jobs at age 16 - TalenaGor Apr 15 #50

When I was in college I had a summer job with a veterinarian Wicked Blue Apr 15 #60

as an HR director, this chaps my ass TalenaGor Apr 15 #71

Sex crimes against children and women are the dirtiest secrets in this nation. ... marble falls Apr 15 #51

You are right on the money PCIntern Apr 15 #53

found a lot of stuff about the boyscouts and girlscouts. This one caught my eye for anyone who wants "sources" ... marble falls Apr 15 #57

I was not allowed to join PCIntern Apr 15 #62

BSA seems like a model scheme to 'groom' children. Your parents were doing right by you. I tried to join ... marble falls Apr 16 #72

I wouldn't be surprised if it was 100%. raccoon Apr 15 #56

Me, either. marble falls Apr 15 #61

Institutionalized sex trafficking has been going on for TexasBushwhacker Apr 15 #69