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merrily

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22. I don't think you should curtail it.

Reply to get the red out (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:23 AM

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Saudi Historian Says U.S. Women Drive Because They Don't Care If They're Raped [View all] rpannier Feb 2015 OP

Driving makes it easier to avoid rape. Exhibit A Feb 2015 #1

We can solve that by forbidding you to leave your home at all unless accompanied by a male relative. merrily Feb 2015 #6

And yet women get raped at home, too. Ilsa Feb 2015 #12

Very true. My home has been invaded by several times, usually by accident, believe it or not. merrily Feb 2015 #14

Yup, a similar situation happened to me in a college apartment IronLionZion Feb 2015 #17

It was a stranger. Ilsa Feb 2015 #30

This man Turbineguy Feb 2015 #2

Sounds like they have a raping problem rather than a driving problem to me jmowreader Feb 2015 #3

+1 Exhibit A Feb 2015 #4

Right. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #8

I wish just one US president would saying something like this and Jamastiene Feb 2015 #32

Most who fixate on the behavior of a rape victim as the reason for her rape have huge problems. merrily Feb 2015 #15

Winner! smirkymonkey Feb 2015 #23

If your first instinct upon seeing a woman standing next to a broken down car eissa Feb 2015 #31

No Saudi women get raped? No women got raped before cars were invented? merrily Feb 2015 #5

Well that just clears things up! ChosenUnWisely Feb 2015 #7

Well Saadoon looks like it rhymes with maroon rpannier Feb 2015 #9

Please keep in mind get the red out Feb 2015 #10

At the same time, though, who is ready to cut down dramatically on driving, air conditioning, merrily Feb 2015 #16

I wish for renewables get the red out Feb 2015 #18

We are on our way, though not always as quickly or as wisely as we could be. merrily Feb 2015 #19

I agree get the red out Feb 2015 #20

I don't think you should curtail it. merrily Feb 2015 #22

For all our talk, we really don't care how you treat women. Got any more cheap oil? jtuck004 Feb 2015 #11

Clearly this Saudi Arabian historian is a fucking idiot. Enthusiast Feb 2015 #13

And the conclusion of this kind of logic is that we should lock everyone up in cells so they dont stevenleser Feb 2015 #21

He should have said they treat women like princesses Major Nikon Feb 2015 #28

This guy's premise is Kryptonite level stupidity at work Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #24

This is the kind of "reasoning" that makes everyone who hears it hifiguy Feb 2015 #36

LOL Pooka Fey Feb 2015 #37

So women who drive poorly maintained cars are asking for it? MindPilot Feb 2015 #25

...," he fantasized. Iggo Feb 2015 #26

That's great coming from someone who probably has to keep himself Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2015 #27

This is a first for me whatthehey Feb 2015 #29

Ok I may be dim but I don't see abakan Feb 2015 #33

Makes the guy who worried about the rumble seat in early US cars rpannier Feb 2015 #39

What a lovely man. (eom) StevieM Feb 2015 #34

Saudi Arabia = hifiguy Feb 2015 #35

And they can't open a bank account in a regular bank because male tellers would rape them aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2015 #38

Todd Akin is Saudi? KamaAina Feb 2015 #40