I am a woman and have been raped and groped, but I also have never witnessed any of my guy friends or relatives doing anything like that. I think there are a lot of guys who don’t do it, and some of what happens on subways and on dance floors are places where it is hard to see what is happening.

Hmmm, with a bit of imagination, determination, and lubricant we could probably stick an ultrasound wand down their urethra for some kind of transpenile ultrasound. It would be about as productive or useful.

And my life rocks now and I get to have a baby with someone who treats me like a queen.

True, although it is just an experiment until it is your decision. I thought I was politically pro-choice and personally anti-abortion, until I thought I was pregnant under truly horrifying circumstances. I didn’t decide, as in the verb, it just instantly registered that I’d already decided; not happening. Maybe…

I think any politician that makes policy decisions based on his or her faith they should be FIRED.

LOL - same post. Without quite as much profanity.

“Quite a few wanted sterilization but had difficulty finding a doctor who would do that.”

Yes! I had a very similar experience. There were things and feelings going on at that time which made me feel like shit. Ultimately, though, they weren’t the abortion. I didn’t make the choice lightly, but once it was made it wasn’t regrettable at all. Tears shed here too, but I know I’d do it the same way if done…

I hate when they describe it as a heartwrwnching decision. When I volunteered at PP the women were usually happy about their decisions and adamant they didn’t want a child at that time. Quite a few wanted sterilization but had difficulty finding a doctor who would do that.

As emotionally rolling it was beating myself up for getting pregnant in the first place, the decision to abort remains the single most responsible and well made decision I have ever made. If I hadn’t done it I’d be forever tied to an abusive felon who would’ve ruined my life and that of the baby we would’ve had. And…

Like all the other needless burdens imposed on women seeking abortion, wait times are punitive; they’re not actually based in supporting the free choice for motherhood.

No fucking shit.

I feel like if any politician cites religion as influencing any decision in policy making they should immediately be disqualified to vote on or create said policies. Research and facts, science, let’s stick to that please.

They should have to face waiting periods and a wand in their private parts before they propose such idiotic bills. While we are at it they should have whateber is the transvaginal ultrasound equivalent for men every day they won’t act on the Supreme Court nomination just to aid them with their thinking because that is…

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I get the impression you think that by refusing to call men those who treat women badly our “fellow men” / “fellow dudes”, it somehow exonerates us from having to deal with it or acknowledge the role of men at large in rape culture / sexism / misogyny.

:( Yeah, I hear you. :(

Yes, there are that many scumbags out there. I don’t know one woman who has made it to adulthood without being groped, rubbed up against in a crowd, touched inappropriately, etc. Ask any woman you know: it happens to all of us, usually starting when we are preteens or teenagers. Do your part: shut down the “locker…

ISIS is taking over too if Hilla We wins, so watch out.

Yeah—you do have a point. I hate it that men—even decent, well-meaning ones—think our space is theirs to invade.

Yep. Any one of them who claims this is normal guy sht instantly loses the right to say “#not all men” ever again