Whenever I think of Hillary Clinton I think of this quote from an anonymous White House staffer during Bill Clinton’s presidency, as quoted in Newsweek. They asked him (I assume the staffer was a him, I don’t remember if they specified the gender) what he thought of the Clintons and he answered “Him? Meh. Her? I’d…

I went to El Salvador a couple of years ago for a Habitat for Humanity build. Beautiful country, wonderful people, terrible gang violence. Gangs extorting money etc from schoolchildren is indeed normal there. The lady whose house we built was murdered by a gang a year later.

That’s what gets me too! Isn’t this evil and awful enough???

To me the point is that being a “princess” for little girls means dressing up in a pretty dress so people can admire you and tell you how pretty you are, and she didn’t see it that way.

I didn’t have ballet class. But this girl is my HERO now.

Princess Bride reference FTW!

That’s awful. And yes I know what I posted is a bad idea, it’s just what I’d WANT to do.

You’re a hero!

It’s so disturbing how common it is. It must feel so violating.

I always wonder about people with porphyria or similar conditions, something like this could KILL them.

...Well I’m never leaving my house again.

YES. The only way to stop rape is to stop people from raping.

Yes it is. Of all the people I personally know who have been sexually assaulted, only one of us was assaulted by a stranger and FWIW that victim was male. But we’re taught that rape is something only strangers do.

Nice! This happened to me when I was 12, in line for an outdoor concert with my parents, who saw what was happening and just ignored it and, when I confronted them afterwards, said “well, what were we supposed to do?”. Because being rude to a stranger is unthinkable, even when he’s creeping on your 12 year old. Bloody…

I know a guy this happened to. He wasn’t assaulted or robbed, “just” drugged. Maybe someone thought it was funny.

I’m with the author - I would have wanted to tell the guy he’d been seen, watch him deny it, then say okay, prove it’s not true, drink it all yourself right now. And yes I realize that’s not the right way to handle it, it’s just what I would have WANTED to do.

We’re always told to fear strangers, but most assaults are by people we know and trust. Because they’re the ones we let get close to us. I hope he rots too.

I assume you mean an offending pedophile, since you found out. How terrible for you and your family, I’m wishing you well.

I remember reading an article about the girl actress in The Wonder Years, I don’t remember her name. Her manager said she received a lot of mail from grown men pretending to be preteen or teen fans. The author asked how they could tell. Well, the manager said, children wouldn’t ask you what your measurements are. Yuck!

Shirley Temple said an executive exposed himself to her as a child.