Or rape of a female family member as plot driver for a male character

Law and Order: SVU has gotten particularly bad about thus in the past few years. I the early seasons, episodes usually started with the aftermath, the victim going to the station or being found or the detectives arriving at the hospital. But now it feels like every other episode opens with the graphic sexual assault…

There was an article I read once about how every single female character or female character subplot the show added in that wasn’t in the book was either about prostitute or someone being raped. There’s definitely something very creepy going on with that show and I’m surprised it doesn’t get called out more often.

Just once, I’d like to see a movie with a plot about a woman seeking justice for the assault of someone she loves. Don’t even show the rape; have her experiencing a normal, happy day, and then get called down to the hospital because the victim had put her down as their emergency contact, and have her, and the…

I’ll walk out of the room if Mr Ginger’s watching a show with a gratuitous rape scene in it - rape is used too often to develop a male character, either as a damaged monster rapist or a raging protective type. The related female characters are one-dimensional background characters who are raped, killed off and…

Honestly if I’m watching something and someone gets raped I instantly turn it off. I just fucking can’t anymore. Why would I watch that for entertainment? I’m trying to make enjoyable choices when it comes to entertainment and it doesn’t entertain me to see sexual assault.

This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

Thirteen children were shackled to their beds in this house. It’s hard to imagine. People knew they had a large family, and they noticed that they were seldom seen...no one checked on them?

I’m so sorry and I wish an adult had helped you when you needed it most. It’s so unfair.

It’s almost as if sticking those state agencies with five times the client load and half the funding is having an effect on their ability to do their jobs.

Obviously not in this case, or even in most cases, but you do have to be a little careful in assumptions here. I have an 8yo who’s only 45 lbs. She’s severely impaired, can’t even sit up independently. She has almost no muscle mass on her legs, she has much thinner than normal bones, since they don’t bear weight,…

This is the house. It’s not some ramshackle farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. It’s a tract house like 8 million others in So Cal.

Absolutely. I would much, much rather potentially rock the boat than not say anything and allow a child to continue to be abused. I think many times people are too swayed by the voices who cry about “accusations ruining people’s lives” to actually act. While I’m sure being investigated for something like this is…

I hate to say this...but I see an X-Files “home” situation here. If the oldest child is 29, and the mother is 49, and there is a 2 year old child, I’m betting the 2 year old didn’t come from the 47 year old being pregnant. 

Social worker here. You’d be surprised how shitty state agencies run when it involves the health and welfare of children. I would encourage you to look up Danieal Kelly. One of the most extreme cases of neglect I’ve read about. I seriously reconsidered working with kids after reading about the case. Also, you’ll going…

That’s Extremely Worrying: The US School System

Liam Neeson says there’s a “bit of a witch hunt”

Seal, please shut the fuck up. The reason why there are so many incriminating photos of celebrities palling around with Weinstein was because he was a virus who ingratiated himself with anyone who had influence. And I find it a tad sexist that only women are being criticized with their associations with known male…

Same. I haven’t really paid attention to him since Freaks and Geeks, but he has always seemed like the type of entitled, arrogant jerk who would sexually assault women and pretend that they should be flattered by it.

I see where you are coming from. I really do.