That Margaret Atwood quote is appropriate here because I laughed when I saw his face.

The school claims not to be responsible for this culture? In the time-honored words of one Judge Judith Sheindlin, “I’m not buying it.”

God dammit, of course she was.

I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this before. It speaks volumes.

Reminds me of when I was in grad school (for history) surrounded by a table of men who were questioning why we study women’s history anyway. These were future historians talking, mind you, not the general public. They just didn’t get the point.

Damn! I love it when they lay the smack down. Once, out at the range, a visiting officer commented on how there were "so many women out here." There were exactly four of us. We pretty much just rolled our eyes and were like "Yes, sir."

I teach middle school. This shit enrages me! These kids are just barely starting to explore romantic relationships. It’s is scary and unnerving for them with their peers. To be thrown into that with an adult who has a decade of experience under her belt is nothing less than predatory. This kid may feel like king of…

My comment was directed at Deuter’s words, not Heard’s behavior. It was hyperbole, certainly, but my intention was to say that he is making it more difficult for her to walk away, and easier for Depp to continue the abuse.

I hoe CPS gets involved and takes him away from his “accepting” family, to one who will get him the hours and hours of therapy he will likely need.

I got into a heated argument yesterday about situations like these. I was telling a male acquaintance about an idiot I dated who said if his 15 year old daughter was dating a man in his 30s he’d try to give the guy a chance because he’s “open minded” (that was the last time I saw that dude, obvs). That led male…

It’s baffling to me as well. But in certain ways its a fundamentally natural result of subscribing to the idea that “boys will be boys.” Which, shit like this makes clear to us, victimizes boys, too.

HIS FAMILY ACCEPTS THEIR RELATIONSHIP?!

YEP.

Not “sex.”

If I could edit I would reedit and say for victims rather than with because it implies some kind of direct or close contact that I would never wish for the victims. I just need to them to be educated and to understand what it does to these women (and children.)

I think you’re fucked up for grasping at all these straws.

Everybody’s a perfect parent on the internet.

“But why do they stay?” “Killed by EX-boyfriend.”

Actually they do. Statistically women live longer without a husband to take care of. Men live longer with a wife to take care of them.