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Squinch

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3. I work in a Watt's-type neighborhood with young people. I don't hear any girls saying to

Reply to CFLDem (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 20, 2014, 07:50 PM

Mar 2014

each other, "Girl, just get pregnant and the government will take care of you." The girls I know are much smarter than that, and the idea that that is what they are saying to each other is insulting to them.

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My Neighborhood Makes It Easier to Get Pregnant Than To Go To College [View all] CFLDem Mar 2014 OP

Oh, good. The mythical welfare queen gets an article in Time. And then someone posts Squinch Mar 2014 #1

I don't think that's the gist of the article at all. CFLDem Mar 2014 #2

I work in a Watt's-type neighborhood with young people. I don't hear any girls saying to Squinch Mar 2014 #3

Thank you for clarifying that. CFLDem Mar 2014 #4

Food shelter clothing basic necessities. upaloopa Mar 2014 #5

I disagree CFLDem Mar 2014 #6

Yep. nt WhiteTara Mar 2014 #7

If there is an actual girl from Watts saying those words, and this is not some pseudonymous Squinch Mar 2014 #8