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LanternWaste

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4. And I have absolutely no idea on how to make it better... even if by mere degrees
Thu Jun 20, 2013, 06:35 PM
Jun 2013

My guess is that were this posted in GD, there would be more than one allegation of "junk science", someone else would respond with "what about violence against humanity? Why can't we focus on that?" And yet another would post "I'm not blaming the victim, but she shouldn't have dressed like that. It's irresponsible."

One in three women. Let that sink in, Lurking Guests Lacking the Courage of Your Own Convictions. One in three.

Tomorrow at work, I will sit down to get the day ready, look around me at the 21 females I share the office with, and have the sinking realization that statistically, 7 of them have been abused by males for being female.

And Saturday evening, when my best friend and I leave the movie theater after seeing Superman, I'll glance at the crowd leaving... the women leaving, and realize that unlike them, I am completely and absolutely unconcerned with being sexually assaulted, that if I have car problems, I'm not worried about asking some guy for a jump... worried that my t-shirt is too tight or that it's showing "too much".



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