...and children.  

jesus h, the bravery of this girl. 

Must be a scary time to be a man....who has raped women.

I am so glad that its finally coming to light. These girls are so brave. The family member who abused me for years will probably never see jail time.

This is why my daughter’s learning archery. Any man tries this shit with her, she has my full support in putting an arrow through his crotch. 

Even (but why would you?) if you somehow disagree with Kaep on the policing of ... everyone, with Black Americans being the most visible/poorest outcome victims of a rotten institution,

I don’t know about the rest of you, but (if I’m not working), I’m going to be watching the Puppy Bowl. I’ll be truly impressed if she sings *that* halftime show!  :-) 

Thoughts:

Well it’s telling when a foreign born white women with an anchor baby and marrying someone twice her age is questioning someone else’s birth.

Bullies are always the biggest victim in their own narratives.

I will never forget:

Much like boys are raised not to cry, and are encouraged to rough-house and hit other (mostly) boys they have disputes with, girls are often raised to keep quiet and not offend or ‘demean’ themselves by mentioning physical or sexual assault.

Rape culture has always been a part of white supremacy, so no surprises here.

So I’ve been severely triggered this week. I have been sexually assualted 3 times in my life but the one that resonated with me most this week was when I was 16. I was at a small gathering (8-10 people) drinking Coronas. My best friends boyfriend was there but she was not. I went outside to have a cigarette and he…

I made a comment like this before, but part of it (for some men) is that they don’t believe that there’s any other way. As one ex-hookup said, “well, if you don’t push girls, then you’d never get laid,” (I had been clear that this evening was not a hookup, I wasn’t feeling well, but we could hang as friends and he got…

This is what happens when we teach boys that their masculinity is defined by how many women they score. They go through the motions with partners who are clearly uninterested (or worse) just to say they “got some.” They either don’t notice or don’t care how their partner feels because empathizing with other people’s…

Sex isn’t just about sex, it’s also about power. Feeling more powerful while having sex usually makes it better, not worse.

Because men are socialized to believe that women want sex, but for a variety of reasons, may need “convincing.” And even in these examples, the coercive sex was then followed by consensual sex, reinforcing the shitty behaviour.

God yes, this is why enthusiastic consent is a must.

why would anyone ever want a sexual partner who “just goes along with it.” Why can’t men ever stop and think, “hey, the person I’m about to have sex with isn’t 1000% into this. That’s gonna make this weird and gross. I’m gonna back off now.”?

Why on *earth* would anyone want to have sex with another person who’s less…