Oh I’m calm, just amused that someone who’s complaining that no one ever talks about anything but AA is declining the opportunity to talk about something besides AA. Passive aggressive much?

Why not provide them? I’m always amazed at the people who say “Other things work better than AA,” and then fail to specify what those things are. Maybe they are more effective, but not widely available. Or maybe they cost money. Or maybe they’re a perfect solution for someone out there BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

It was a general, rather than specific “you”. Let me fix it for you:

This is going to sound weird, but Dear Zachary is one of my favorite films. The story is so heartbreaking, but the film is so well made and passionate. Everyone should see it.

There was an incident not very long ago at this same school where a teacher gave a student a “full contact lap dance” for his birthday. She got caught because another student made a video of it. So you have to wonder what is going on at this middle school, with this very sexualized environment.

Not to mention, even the most benighted chauvinists believe that boys can be molested.

Feminism is the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. Saying that you don’t believe in feminism because men can also be raped is like saying you don’t believe in gravity because when you drop something, it falls down.

I’m sorry you find my lived experience condescending. If at the age of 28 you have reached the pinnacle of understanding how life works, congratulations. You’re clearly more advanced than everyone else. For example, here you are talking about homeless teens and I had no idea. Maybe because you didn’t mention it, but…

i see

I appreciate your clarifying this. And I understand what you’re talking about, although I think he sounds more like Angelina Jolie than Madonna. The thing is that when you come from our part of the world (my accent was Tennessee, not Kentucky), you know that you have to change the way you talk if you want to be…

Ok. I was simply curious how much time had elapsed and whether you had been the parent of teenage children. I don’t know any people over about 35 who see “adultism” as a bad thing. And when you have to be responsible for a teenager, you see that they ARE immature. Not all the time, but enough that the laws protecting…

You’re never going to go wrong with waiting for 18.

And how old are you now?

The point of this is pretty clear, and those of us from states like Kentucky are all too familiar with it. No matter how hard we work or how much we accomplish, we’re nothing more than jumped-up trash. Nobody says “Woody Allen’s still a typical New Yorker” or “Rob Lowe is just a guy from California” like it’s an…

So what you’re saying here is that all guys from Kentucky are scumbags? That we should be waiting for George Clooney to beat his wife and sell drugs?

Oh, I’m sure you think it’s bullshit, Oblivious Boy. But, as we’ve established, your opinions are not what matter here.

The sarcasm was obvious to anyone who has experienced this kind of physical intrusion. Since that includes pretty much every woman, and this is a website for women to discuss the issues that women face, the author is not at fault for failing to anticipate the obliviousness of you and your compatriots. The entitlement…

No, we knew she was being sarcastic. You must be new here. Way to publicly underestimate our collective intelligence.

It’s DEFINITELY those teenagers seducing older powerful men. That’s been the case throughout time. Look at all those priests being led astray by children. And I’m pretty sure a fair amount of “child pornography” is conniving little kids wanting to break into the lucrative cam industry, too. And these poor, innocent…

Can you not see how your first paragraph and your last paragraph are contradictory? Someone, not identifying as a victim, says abuse is occurring. And people want to “take it with a grain of salt.” He doesn’t give enough details, it didn’t happen to him, etc. And what victims see is that people will be just as…