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History of Feminism

eridani

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13. I had to give my husband a good talking-to on that

Reply to gollygee (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 07:42 PM

Mar 2014

On his way home from the bus stop at twilight, a woman crossed to the other side of the street His immediate thought was "Good lord! I'm not that type of guy." I explained to him how that common precaution saves women's lives--how was she to know what kind of a guy he was?

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How To Avoid Being Raped [View all] gollygee Mar 2014 OP

Yup, Might as well make a prison and stay in it. KitSileya Mar 2014 #1

Just as well you can never drink anything gollygee Mar 2014 #2

i gotta throw in. only the monsters, the psychos, the few. so really, what are us women seabeyond Mar 2014 #11

so fuggin' funny. too true. rape week. not rape porn week, but i am talking rape week seabeyond Mar 2014 #3

Yeah I remember gollygee Mar 2014 #4

exactly. the elevator was a woman at 4 am in alone with a man. he asked her back to HIS room seabeyond Mar 2014 #5

And imagine if she'd gone gollygee Mar 2014 #7

and of course. no is not always no. cause there was a study, in the 80's with a handful of seabeyond Mar 2014 #8

That, my dear sea, was Rebecca Watson KitSileya Mar 2014 #9

that. i could not do justice to the whole story and the womans name. and yes, that. seabeyond Mar 2014 #10

She was pilloried here on DU for that. For daring to say to men, redqueen Mar 2014 #12

and ya, empty parking lot, crossing the street at night when a man is approaching. seabeyond Mar 2014 #6

I had to give my husband a good talking-to on that eridani Mar 2014 #13