Foxforcefive
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Yes, but how would his proposal cut down on FAS? In general, you have to be drinkingheavily over a sustained period despite KNOWING you're pregnant to cause it.

Actually, to correct myself, if they had sex straightaway she could have known she was pregnant two weeks later, not four. But my point about not possibly knowing she was having multiples until later still stands. Dude definitely didn't do any research or mental arithmetic.

To be fair to the French, they're hardly alone in that, although I can see how it might have some particularly toxic shit.

No fucking kidding.

It's true the timelines don't add up. She could know she was pregnant a month after they met if they got down straightaway, but she couldn't possibly know she was pregnant with multiples until she'd had an ultrasound, which would be at least a month later.

Good lord, that's hilarious. Not least because Stephen Fry looks like he just woke up in a haystack. With a stranger.

YAY!

HAVE YOU GOT A PATTERN?!

MARK, YOU KNIT?!?!

Oh MAN it drove me nuts when wedding dress boutiques in the UK would just ASSUME that I would be dieting, because my wedding doncherknow.

There's not been any explicit discussion around the vulnerability part. Mostly people just donated by text to Cancer Research, posted a no make-up selfie, and tagged 3-4 friends to do the same.

My mum CANNOT seem to focus the screen on her face. I have most of my Skype conversations with her eyebrows. She really loves waving her iPad around to show me things, though, so: yay?

Seriously. That message is dripping in "abusive relationship" red flags and indicators. At the very, very, best & most optimistic, he was controlling and emotionally abusive.

I agree with that, and have posted in reply to HermioneStranger somewhere saying something similar.

They dressed her fine on Firefly; mostly peasant-style tops with low necklines and stretch, or V-neck jackets, which flattered her nicely. I don't understand why no professional stylist can manage what the wardrobe people of a sci-fi show were able to do.

I have heard that this does work, and I've also read suggestions to gag/make yourself throw up etc. Mind you, I have no idea whether this was based on any actual research or experience. I think the idea is to essentially puncture the rapist's state of power-based arousal by introducing an element of disgust.

"Murderers and robbers keep doing their thing even though it is very frowned upon in our society."

I've always seen the win in tackling rape culture as a) educating men who don't rape and thus reducing the ability of rapists to hide and be covered for; b) educating everybody about how rapes actually happen (i.e. mostly not weapon, stranger, dark alley) and how victims may respond, to reduce the social stigma on

The part where you point out to someone like that that the homeopathic pill company is actually owned by a pharma company, or the dietary and vitamin supplement company also sells over-the-counter meds, is the point where their brain (and the argument) melts completely, I find.

Yes, but that's not a lot of comfort when it's you they rape/abuse/harass. Nor do police officers necessarily deserve a cookie and a positive news story for not abusing their power on any given day.