Luckily more and more the Amish community is accepting some outside help with these issues. It's not where it should be, yet, but they are more likely to allow it to end in charges than they once were

Yea...I was wondering who else would feel comfortable alerting Jim...it seems likely it had to be at least one of his sisters.

WHAT FRESH HELL IS THIS?! Like what even was their excuse for this voluntary activity???? Wtf?!

But...is it really new to her? I mean didn't Bruce already have breasts by the time they started dating?

Yeah I read a few other articles (can't remember if the one linked makes it clear or not) where they made it clear she asked and they even posed a couple times for the picture.

The actual reports of it say it she did get consent, though. So...

That might very well be my favorite new turn of phrase

Yeah that’s not how the American Revolution began or anything...they totally didn’t involve themselves in property destruction, stealing, or anything remotely violent *coughBostoncough*

Believe me, I fully agree with you.

Probably more so that they couldn't prove it did happen 😕

Lol I'm dying. I got your point, it was some responses to it that were...stupid. 😂

Hence my point that she probably didn’t since he was already talking and you don’t want to risk him not talking. She did not attempt to claim it’s 100% perfect WITH her disclosure that it wasn’t taped, and you’re naive if you think all of the journalism world always did and does use recorders. Many people take written…

I’m quite sure they understand that point-it’s just a non sequitur in most of the conversation when he brings them up. If I ask you about an argument you got into and you start talking about girls wanting to have sex with you and your day job, I’d understand what you're referring to, but it doesn't make it sensical.

Because journalists know you need consent to record, and she pointed out he barely let her get a word in edgewise. You can get into serious legal trouble recording without permission, and why interrupt and risk him clamming up when she’s got him talking?

Actually a professional would know you need consent in most places to record without the potential for being sued for wiretapping or other such charges. Which id gather is why she noted he immediately went into his spiel before she could. She could have interrupted him, but he may have also clammed up at that point.

Generally brackets are used as a side note from the author. So she's saying lol. Not him.

I’d also like to point out that a family member deciding whether an individual can consent to sexual contact isn’t exactly self agency, either. In fact, in a thread where people are claiming she’s given consent just by being married (and when men still try to claim that as rape defense in our current reality), relying…

I just said, in multiple ways, that I don’t necessarily agree, or at least am on the fence, that these are enforceable rules (from a legal protection standpoint, it’s not surprising to me that institutions err on this side versus dealing with litigious families). What I was saying was just that I understand the…

Ha I’m not totally sure why you would think my observations of them would be limited to only *my* interactions with them. I was there when SOs visited, children, etc. yes, sometimes the would forget their SO, heartbreakingly, and even mid sentence. And often, especially near the end that confusion was accompanied by…

Yes, moving a headboard is definitely more considerate. I'll agree there