Absolutely they can. That isn't even a question. If a black person were to beat a white person simply because they were white and that black person hates white people, then yeah, that would be a hate crime. You can't justify that as an expression of all the wrongs done to blacks by our society.

I agree with you.....and I could totally see my Type-A, detail-oriented boyfriend doing something similar lol

:-) I ended up with my daughter that way...was only with her dad for 6 weeks when I got pregnant and although it was a completely unintended pregnancy, decided to keep her. She's 18 now and just decided last night which college she's going to in the fall.

I wish you the best of luck for whichever you WANT to happen. :-)

Already had that. Neener neener neener! ;-)

Do your boobs hurt? That was my first symptom both times.

Thank you for sharing this. I am a Prevention Educator for an agency assisting victims of sexual assault and/or relationship violence. (I go into schools and talk to kids about healthy relationships, etc.) Whenever I talk about sexual assault, I always discuss that men can too be raped....I'm constantly battling…

As to the abdominal pain at the surgery site, it's probably adhesions of scar tissue to itself or other tissue. I've had 5 abdominal surgeries in various locations (appendectomy 1987, shunt placement 1991, shunt revision 1991, tubal ligation done laproscopically in 2000, and new shunt placement 2006) so I have crazy…

I always use Garnier Nutriesse and I like it! Makes my hair soft and shiny. Who has $50 or more for coloring at the salon?

Hm. My boyfriend says he didn't used to care much for bj's but now he likes 'em. Perhaps these bj naysayers just haven't met the right mouth yet?

Is it at all ironic that I'm reading this on my work computer? Heh.

That's the one I posted on too....when I went back later, I noticed that article was from 2011 and while FB was showing comments, clicking on the number didn't bring anything up. Shady McShadersons!

I want to play the jug.

I just replied to a news story. Since I didn't see any comments right now, I said, "So. Had an intern remove all the comments about we gals and our pesky twats, huh?"

Irony is a helluva drug.

Right on!

Sigh. I work for an agency that serves victims of relationship violence. The item about the woman slapping her male companion across the face makes me sad. What if it said a man slapped a woman across the face at an art opening, after some discussion? No one would think it was funny.

I see what you did there. Hearted!

Why does everyone hate the Timeline so? I kinda like it!

You guys, I'm a Prevention Educator for an agency serving victims of SA/DV, and I am SO PROUD that SHIP is part of my service area! :-)