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Orrex

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8. Yeah, I hoped to convey some of that

Reply to Squinch (Reply #7)

Thu May 29, 2014, 04:50 PM

May 2014

The flash of insight was tremendously educational, and it made me aware that women routinely experience something similar with, as you note, less benign figures all the time.

My brief experience didn't make me feel that feeling, but it made me aware that it exists in a way that I might not otherwise have grasped so readily.

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My experience with a "potential rapist." [View all] Orrex May 2014 OP

Thanks for sharing ismnotwasm May 2014 #1

Thanks. Orrex May 2014 #3

Thank you, Orrex. K&R Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #2

Thank you wryter2000 May 2014 #4

Men can be both seduced and raped angstlessk May 2014 #5

This is a frustrating conversation always gollygee May 2014 #6

And imagine being in that situation on a daily basis or more often. And once in a while, the person Squinch May 2014 #7

Yeah, I hoped to convey some of that Orrex May 2014 #8