Of course, but it also reflects the reality that sexual violence is mainly directed towards women, not men (except in prisons). Some people deny that.

Thanks! I totally agree!

In Sweden, horse meat goes under the name "Hamburger meat". I used to love it back when I was a kid and I had no problem bringing my "hamburger" sandwich to the stable. I used to say that I loved horses- both eating them and riding them. Few years after that I became a vegetarian, but I still think that it is more…

This!

Absolutely, "gender-based" would perhaps be more appropriate. I just wanted to make the point that it is something directed towards women in specific, just as sexual violence in general.

Right, I meant to say that! Thanks for correcting.

You are absolutely right.

It seems to me as though it really is a "women's issue" as 9000 female victims must make up a huge part of the total number of women within the military. How many percent of soldiers are women in the US? My guess is less than 10% (probably overestimated), yet they make up 56% of assault victims. Of course that means…

I wish things were as rosy over here as one might think judging by this story. Us Swedes often commend ourselves for living in "one of the most equal countries in the world" but to my view there's no such thing as an "almost-equal". It's an either—-or type situation; either you have it or you don't or the word's at…

Well, either way it's a cool story! :) Interestingly, there's been a recent controversy in Swedish media on this very topic. Scientists at the Lund University claim to have found evidence for the existence of parapsychological phenomena, causing quite a stir amongst sceptics. Extract from the critics:

That's me in the red dress, depicting Shosanna from Inglorious Basterds in the ending scene where she takes revenge on all of those Nazis. I had a toy gun to go with the outfit and quite a few recognized who I was supposed to be!

Lol! Good one :D

Oh thank you! Nice to hear :) Not all that scary perhaps, unlike some of the other ones here... Jeez, I don't know how I'm going to sleep tonight, especially as I live in a house which was built for the staff at the mental hospital right across the street (link) built in 1811... It's also basically out in the woods,…

I thought maybe I should expand a little on the story of me, my mom and grandmother experiences of omens.

Before getting to the story, I would like to clarify that I am a skeptic and also an atheist, which has proved itself a relieving remedy against my life-long fear of ghosts. I mean, thinking about it rationally, why would it be that only humans can rise from the dead? What about flies, or the long lines of now-extinct…

Haha, yes, a MAC ad-inspired tattoo is so very GANGSTA!