That’s the important thing to remember about the patriarchy: conditional protection is, in the minds of many people, better than no protection at all, especially if you can’t by yourself beat the system.

THIS. And also, these women view modern feminism as a terrible force. They simply don’t believe it’s purpose is to promote equality between men and women, but to destroy “family values” and promote women *ahead* of men. Since men are probably the breadwinners of their traditional nuclear families, they see feminism as…

Yep. Alabama will absolutely elect Roy Moore; a disgraced judge kicked off the bench twice for violating the Constitution, who called for a ban on gay people, asserted that Muslims should not be allowed to serve in Congress, who was banned from a local mall for stalking and trying to date teenage girls, who called…

This is such a depressing story because you know this guy is about to be elected to the senate. It’s just an echo of the 2016 election. And a constant reminder that the people of 2017 are just terrible people.

I don’t think too many people really appreciate how much skill and initiative is required to survive as a rootless/homeless person. Thinking you can just hit the road and survive on odd jobs indefinitely is how you end up in situations like this.

Can’t imagine his ego would allow it.

You’re right. He’s the kind of predator that got off on being in the presence of his attackers.

I really think he thought “rehab” would fix his image.

They have been brainwashed for decades. For the older ones, in ways we can’t even imagine any more. Being repeatedly raped by your husband was “normal” for these women and their mothers. And legal until 1993, let’s not forget. I don’t so much blame them as the insanely cruel society that created them.

Since he is a psycho probably till this day he doesn’t realise that what he did is wrong.

He should know he deserves NONEEEEEE.

Yes, just to make people feel pity of him.

Television is great that way. I have to watch Blue Bloods with my mother. Early in the series they go out of their way to have Dad cop repeat that fewer than 10% of NYC cops ever pull their weapon, and only a few actually fire them. Meanwhile, the two kid cops are killing dudes left and right.

It was always my theory that Jessica killed all those people herself and framed others through well-planted evidence.

She and Seth did the murders.

I’ve always assumed that Jessica Fletcher must actually have been one of the most successful serial killers of all time. Not only was she never caught, but she also managed to create a convincing frame-up for each of her crimes, and convince hundreds of people that she was only an innocent old lady solving those…

Amazing to hear from all my friends that all of us heard some variant of “what else do women expect?” from older female relatives over Thanksgiving. Many of us were genuinely shocked that our aunts, grandmothers, & mothers think that this is a “grey area”, but I’d venture that to say that that surprise is part of the…

I honestly think he will commit suicide before anything.

I hope he is miserable now.

Wow. Sex trafficking, I hadn’t thought of his behavior that way. Good.