Agreed. But that’s not the case here. This is the kid telling people about the time the bully beat them up yesterday.

i assumed it wasnt necessary to say that her bf should stop beating her up. he should stop putting his hands on anyone. i guess i shouldnt assume people would understand i felt that way, but i do. i was commenting on my reaction to this article, which as a woman in recovery from drug addiction, is to feel completely…

It’s not her fault that he’s beating her. The point is that if she doesn’t start taking real care of herself that there is a large chance she will just end up in this situation again.

She follows her husband’s orders. He tells her what to wear. What lead you to think she was a feminist?

I kind of go on a mental vacation when I see him on TV, but the few times I’ve paid any kind of attention, he was openly fellating Trump. It wasn’t even remotely subtle. The man was giving Trump an unabashed long, lazy, and luxurious tongue-bath. Wherever his lost shame is, it’s probably being kept company by his…

Also: As far as I know the hotline and its resources are for people from all gender expressions and ability level (there quicklink for people who have disabilities and are being abused by their caretakers) As domestic violence can affect anyone regardless of demographic, please know that you are not alone

Yup. “I’m sorry” = shit, I’m experiencing consequences of my bad actions and think that should stop right away, so I’m going to say a word and that makes everything fine again with no effort on my part.

No woman can be hit and stay with that person if that person isn’t prepared to say sorry.

god that quote is depressing. i’m nodding along and then get to the point about saying sorry and YIKES.

How can any woman *not* be a feminist?!? It’s like not cheering for your own team!!!! And that she can discuss Free the Nipple in the same breath as her own nude selfie.... GAHHHHHH my brain is exploding and melting simultaneously.

to me, saying she “swims like a man” means she’s so good she must have the skills of a man, not ‘lol she’s a dude’. like, she can’t just be the best woman, she has to be man-like. does that make sense? i’m a few wines in.

I hesitate to go to my FB page because I have already started a war of words with a high school oh hell, let’s call him friend for now over the incident with the Katinka Hosszu coverage. He claimed I was making a mountain out of a molehill and then mansplained sports journalism to me, discounted the possibility of…

Oh, we know who fired the shots.

A sick child like this is an enormous stressor for the most stable and secure of marriages. However, I’m sick to death of reading about entire families being wiped out by a man (presumably) who was under stress and/or abusive. A girl I grew up was murdered by her husband last year. He was apparently abusive for years.…

You were romantically involved and lived with all your coaches?

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Former college SID assistant here...

I think it’s tough and possibly unhealthy when the roles of husband and coach (or parent and coach, etc.) are one and the same. Some coaches have a style that is very harsh and may even seem cruel to us outsiders who don’t understand that dynamic (nor what it is to be an Olympic-level athlete), but when combined with…

Alternating terrible behavior with “loving and considerate” behavior is a classic hallmark of abusive relationships. Lifetime movies and other media addressing domestic abuse often unrealistically portray abusers as cartoon-villain monsters. Of course nobody would stay with someone who was nasty 100% of the time; the…

They need to fire all their [men] who are still living in the 1950s.