This is true. Privilege can shield the person standing next to it too.

Look, think of it this way: We've already got that fucking message. We get taught all the things we can do to be safer (not safe, but SAFER). We are taught from a very young age all the things that we, as girls and women, can do to prevent rapists from choosing us to rape. Message fucking received, ok?

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Agreed. And though when reading you can go back and reread a sentence if you need to, (in musical theater, the words can fly by quickly, so it's harder, I would think) missing a few words here and there doesn't detract from a kid's enjoyment of a show. They'll get it.

OK, I'm having giggles now. Thanks ;-)

My family was at a funeral recently where the pastor informed everyone that they were going to "meet Jesus, you will all meet Jesus, and soon, within 5 days". Later my brother and I (atheists) agreed that if we did meet Jesus, we would have to tell him that there are unbelievable assholes running around doing horrible…

Congratulations!!

+1 (And by the way, you can dismiss replies to your comment if you want to get rid of that MRA troll down there)

Hee! Love it.

There was a great Wonkette article about that one time, called something like "Hey! It turns out that you are not Bruce Willis!"

You are not alone. I read recently that when we had the draft (I know we technically still have it, but you know what I mean), and particularly in the world wars, when most men went to war, that the majority of troops never fired their weapons, even when facing a direct threat by the enemy. Just couldn't kill someone,…

Human. He hadn't seen the ogre version yet ;-)

I have mixed feelings here. I think how he got there should be discussed, but I think we should discuss it in a kinder way. It does lead to some interesting conversation, and this guy has, and continues to be, a major asshole in a lot of ways. But I also think we should be more compassionate about it. He, like many…

In the meantime, everyone go sign this petition: https://www.change.org/petitions/national-federation-of-high-school-associations-educate-high-school-coaches-about-sexual-assault?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19782&alert_id=tsZmXxpRnR_xkxEFMGGPV

There is a petition you can sign. https://www.change.org/petitions/national-federation-of-high-school-associations-educate-high-school-coaches-about-sexual-assault?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=19782&alert_id=tsZmXxpRnR_xkxEFMGGPV

My thought as well.

Sons are great that way. Mine was convinced when he first saw Shrek, that I was Princess Fiona.

Well, you can certainly paint Wail LaPierre specifically that way. What an asshole that guy is.

That's a little off topic. This isn't a discussion about banning all guns, or what liberal or conservative means when it comes to guns. This is a discussion of the extremely weird ideas that extreme gun advocates have about rape and how rape happens.

Yeah. This isn't taking away from anything, it's just its own thing. It's not like I went to kickstarter looking for an indie film to back and then did this instead.