"Why do we feel so entitled to opine, often so negatively, on the choices of other women?". I don't know Gwyneth, why do you?
"Why do we feel so entitled to opine, often so negatively, on the choices of other women?". I don't know Gwyneth, why do you?
"A rumor is circulating around the Internet that Justin Theroux would like his wedding with Jennifer Aniston to be alcohol-free. WHAT IS THE POINT OF A WEDDING WITH NO ALCOHOL, JUSTIN? "
I was raped and then all my same-city friends dumped me because I was no fun to hang out with. So now I hardly have any friends and have a hard time trusting people. So thanks.
Someone in a different thread rephrased it to "I don't trust girls who don't WANT any girl friends." People aren't always where they want to be when it comes to their social lives (saying this as a female whose close female friends have mostly moved away over the past year and I'm trying to make more!)
I always thought that "I don't trust a girl who doesn't WANT any female friends" would be nicer or more accurate. I found it very hard to make friends as a teenager - when I admired a girl I would idolise them to the point of intimidation, really frequently. Desperation and fear are traits that are not conducive to…
That saying always rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe because it was used against me at one point (at the time, I didn't have friends of any gender), but it just seems like a safe way to put a woman in her place under the guise of being supportive of women.
This made me laugh really fucking hard.
Not all Brooklyns.
Not everyone is capable of learning Krav Maga. This is the most ignorant, ableist comment I have seen on Jezebel in a long time, and that's coming from a person who is also a martial artist. What should disabled girls do in your world, then? Victims of rape who were drugged or drunk? Get real with this stupidity.
Jesus fucking Christ, I KNOW all suits have statutes of limitations. That is already taken for granted. The WTF is because 180 days is a ridiculously fucking short amount of time.
When you apply to college, they ask you whether you have faced disciplinary sanctions in high school, right? So why don't transfer transcripts indicate that a student is currently facing unresolved disciplinary charges?
I guarantee you they are trying to reduce the number of complaints and not just so it looks like nothing's wrong. They don't want to deal with it either.
Believe it or not, people with Krav Maga or martial arts training still get raped. It's also worth noting that women injure their attackers while attempting to fight off an assault, it's not terribly unusual for them to be charged with assault. "Just violently attack anyone who tries to rape you" is really not a valid…
What many people don't realize (apparently after reading all these comments) is that the legal system and the university conduct system operate simultaneously and independently in these situations. The survivor can choose to press charges criminally or not but even if they do go to the police, the university is still…
NOT ALL FACTS!
I think it stems from the fact that one of the witnesses for the defense actually said "because of the way [Rizzo] was dancing, there was no way she wouldn't have consented to sex." Which is an extremely common kind of sentiment used to blame victims for their own rape.
I believe you when you say you're not trolling, but like 90% of the godawful things enumerated in this article - the mishandling of the case, the accusations being slung at her - had absolutely nothing to do with alcohol.
I am not sure how we would scientifically measure "normal behavior." But how many women do you know in your life? How many of them are visibly traumatized by a sexual assault in their life? Okay, ready? Now think about those answers while reading some of these facts: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/soraya-chemaly…
"One former sorority sister, whom Rizzo had known for only two months, wrote that Rizzo's "sexuality towards men" did not change after her attack and that she "continued to pursue men in the same way she did before the incident had occurred." In general, Rizzo did not "act any different in general and appeared to do…