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mark fromelko

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21. Part of growing up

Reply to niyad (Reply #19)

Tue May 23, 2017, 02:39 PM

May 2017

Other guys used to give me grief because I had long hair. Some of the girls did, too. But I knew I was heterosexual, so I really didn't care. Not saying there's anything wrong with being LGBT. It's just that I grew up in a generation where slurs were frequent, whether ethnic, sexual or otherwise, and you dealed.

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Nearly 90 per cent of young women in US have experienced sexual harassment, report finds [View all] niyad May 2017 OP

What percentage of young men in the US have experienced unwelcome erections in public? Nitram May 2017 #1

gee, thanks for taking this subject so seriously. i95 niyad May 2017 #3

I'm sorry. I just find the whole subject of sex very difficult to parse. Nitram May 2017 #9

very few people do. niyad May 2017 #14

That doesn't surprise me. And it's nothing new. It's just that people used to raccoon May 2017 #2

you are absolutely correct. even in this thread. niyad May 2017 #4

. . . . niyad May 2017 #5

Yeah, it's nice to know so many DUers are concerned about this. raccoon May 2017 #6

exactly!!! niyad May 2017 #7

. . . niyad May 2017 #8

It is difficult to have a discussion on this ManiacJoe May 2017 #10

WTF. Seriously? athena May 2017 #11

I forgive you for misinterpreting my post. ManiacJoe May 2017 #12

What leads you to believe the discussion would be difficult? LanternWaste May 2017 #15

Difficulty due to too many wrong assumptions about ManiacJoe May 2017 #16

. . . . niyad May 2017 #13

Wolf Whistles? Bad Language? Taunts? mark fromelko May 2017 #17

welcome to du. so how did you feel being on both sides of the harassment? niyad May 2017 #19

Part of growing up mark fromelko May 2017 #21

How very sad. Behind the Aegis May 2017 #18

you are correct. and we see the dismissal everywhere, even on progressive sites. niyad May 2017 #20