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#MeToo has been around for 12 years, actually, and was coined by a black woman to help other black women process trauma. It’s not a movement by or solely for famous actresses.

Additionally, stop telling women that they are hurting other women by not naming names. These experiences are extremely painful and rehashing

How about, maybe instead of putting the burden on abused women to submit themselves to a system that does not serve victims of abuse well, we make a systematic decision to teach men to respect women and teach everyone basic concepts of consent?  And then we transform the system so victims who come forward are not

There are ways to get these people the proper IDs they need. It is a bit complicated but should work.

Same, I was an abused kid. And first time my older sibling took me to a haunted house they came at us with a real chainsaw (without a chain, but I didn’t know that being 7) I went right into survival, fight or flight mode and bolted for dear life. You couldn’t go back to get out due to the crowd and chainsaw guy was

Are you a woman? I left an abusive relationship and got shit for not being loyal. I also got shit for not leaving sooner. There is no right way to exist.

It wouldn’t be problematic if everyone understood that vagina was being used as a euphemism for vulva. The problem is that we now have a generation of women who don’t know the correct names for their body parts and really think that the name of the vulva is vagina. And if you think I’m exaggerating, just ask them. I’m

Vulva, not vagina. The vagina is the interior, canal part. The vulva is the exterior including mound, labia, vaginal opening, etc. It’s an important distinction.

It’s almost as if our culture had normalized sexually predatory behavior, and now that it is becoming increasingly and rightfully vilified, people are more empowered to step up or re-examine past behaviors that were fucked up at the time, but they had no support even if they felt innately or knew explicitly that

What kind of woman witnesses just one gang rape and refuses to report it, let alone multiple?

I love how McConnell calls the new hire a “female assistant” since Sen. Blumenthal just told Anderson Cooper that the woman is a prosecutor. They have hired someone to totally destroy Ford in the hearing.

So long. Thanks for all the fish.

He didn’t suffer “the same fate” as Ghomeshi; he made an incredibly dumb decision as editor to run a very misleading piece and had to give up his job over it. He is not the first person to lose their job over making a dumb, work-related decision.

It is every man’s right, if he discovers the first member of a new species, to kill and eat that creature.

I live in the province of British Columbia in Canada. A few years ago, the provincial government changed the laws so that once you live together with your partner for 2 years you have EXACTLY the same rights as if you signed a marriage licence. Definitely a positive thing for women. It also means that signing the

Men will piss on the wall right next to the public restroom. I know because I’ve seen it. I don’t know why they behave in this way.

I’m shocked...SHOCKED!!!...that rich old white guys don’t care about anyone but themselves.

Not for sharing with Luigi, apparently.

Meanwhile, Canada and Saudi Arabia are going at it.

We ALL know that if Jezebel.com is taken over, it will actually be taken over by Sexy Carp Babes