If I was a lot smarter and a little richer Pete Buttigieg would be me in male form.

It’s possible rich people are the only ones that can afford the herbal supplements, “organic” foods, Himalayan salt lamps and other woowoo items that enable them to avoid being supposedly exploited by BigPharma and the medical establishment. Being gullible takes money.

City councilmen love having issues to address publicly. High school girls have been viciously assaulting each other for as long as I can remember, and I’m old. So sorry this young lady died and I hope there are consequences for her assailants.

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I agree. He believed he had found a particular demographic that he could prey upon with no consequences. I wouldn’t be surprised if his history of staying out of trouble relied on knowing how not to get caught.

Exactly. The NFL turned him down, so he found another career in which he thought he could victimize women and suffer no consequences.

People who are scared of driving on snow sometimes still have to get out there. Some of us have essential jobs in places like hospitals where we can’t simply take the day off. Other times, weather turns bad unexpectedly and we still have to get home. Luckily, the best way to conquer a fear is to face it, and if a…

It was absolutely a stupid thing to do, and drunk or sober she should have known better. That said, we have all done stupid things and she could have survived this and hopefully learned a lesson if she had had better friends.

These women have become so much like cartoon caricatures of rich, spoiled bitches that it’s hard to remember they’re supposed to be real people.

Thanks for sharing your story. I am glad you are in a happy relationship now.

Not only exploitative but possibly dangerous. DV shelters have strict confidentiality policies for victim safety as well as privacy.

Exactly this. There are many forms of physical, emotional and sexual violence that never leave a visible mark. Overuse of the black eye and split lip trope leads people to believe you can spot a victim immediately. You can’t.

I doubt very much that public awareness efforts encourage abusers to stop abusing, but such campaigns do help victims understand they are not alone and encourage them to seek help. They also prompt people to contribute funds and time to Domestic Violence programs. As an advocate and a survivor, I can assure you that…

These folks view their partners as property as well.

I used to screen calls for an auto insurance company and if I had a dollar for every time someone told a deer crashed into their car or jumped right in front of them I would no longer need my second job. Apparently the damned things are everywhere.

Yes, boys rape other boys and girls assault other girls. Rape is about power and humiliation, not about hormones.

Abusers can be very manipulative and charming. She probably never saw the homicidal side of him of him before they procreated.

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That is a major but not the only reason this is totally fucked up. They both essentially received a lifetime sentence, him for a misdemeanor assault, her for doing absolutely nothing wrong. She is 19 years old, for god’s sake. What was she supposed to do, stand up in court and say, “No, your honor, I refuse to marry…

She may have been so socially isolated that she had no idea how to just walk in to a business and apply for a job, or how to work side by side with other young people at your average entry-level job. Also, her parents’ control of her phone, internet access and transportation would have made a job search difficult if…