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History of Feminism

JustAnotherGen

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15. The greatest thing my mother ever told me

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Sun May 25, 2014, 10:35 AM

May 2014

Was when I was in kindergarten and she was visiting at lunch and a little boy pulled my pigtails. . .

"He's mean. See how Ryan and Eric are hanging on the monkey bars trying to get your attention? Go play with them."

That served me very well the 39 years I was single.

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Reading the news about Elliott Rodger's rants about wanting a girlfriend [View all] redqueen May 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author IronLionZion May 2014 #1

This thread is not about love. This thread is about VIOLENT MEN. redqueen May 2014 #2

K+R IronLionZion May 2014 #7

That is an astonishingly obnoxious response to a thread that deals with Squinch May 2014 #3

I seen so many similar posts to that one from reddit. knitter4democracy May 2014 #4

The so-called Nice Guys don't need to be anywhere around women. redqueen May 2014 #5

That. Exactly that. knitter4democracy May 2014 #6

People post shit like that here, actually. redqueen May 2014 #8

Quite revealing, actually theHandpuppet May 2014 #10

I learned exactly that in a thread I started two weeks ago. nt ancianita May 2014 #11

The woman I know want decent partners ismnotwasm May 2014 #12

Instead of the Bimmer, Mom and Dad Warpy May 2014 #9

Still can't believe smallcat88 May 2014 #13

Same here. Not a cop's kid, but I learned to protect myself early on. freshwest May 2014 #16

Thanks. smallcat88 May 2014 #19

interesting and sad poem littlewolf May 2014 #14

The greatest thing my mother ever told me JustAnotherGen May 2014 #15

+1 IronLionZion May 2014 #17

Good advice. redqueen May 2014 #18