lolwhut? You can 100% still get thrown in a psych ward against your will if you are deemed a danger to yourself or others. There may be a limit on how long they can hold you, but they can.

You’d think in 2020 people were more aware of this stuff, but apparently not.

1) Understandable. Of the women in my life that have felt comfortable enough to disclose to me their experiences, the percentage who have been assaulted is higher than any reported average I’ve ever seen. “Not all men...” sure, whatever, but enough men to make it a serious consideration.

Even “verbal assault” doesn’t capture it, though. This is a form of psychological abuse. “Violation” might be a better term for what you’re thinking of, as it’s a violation of her person, her rights to privacy and autonomy. 

Classic, right-wing black and white thinking. Two things can’t be true at once! No shades of grey, no nuance whatsoever!

No, as “assault” implies physical contact. I would be comfortable calling it a form of psychological abuse, however.

I got married on Leap Day, unfortunately. By the time our first anniversary came around it was over, and I was in a seriously bad way from all the shit that happened in the interim. Now every four years I get to remember how my life went to shit starting that cursed day. Doesn’t help that some of the most important…

I’ve seen that bug on and of over the years I’ve used kinja.

He kind of already is? Mentally, I mean.

It’s willful ignorance, a hallmark of conservative “thinking”, which is so much worse than regular ignorance because it can’t be corrected.

He’s thinks he’s

Not just out loud, or in public, even, but on television.

That immediately came to mind when I first heard of her.

Bloomberg is the one buying trolls. It’s been documented.

Yep. If folks here think this is bad, y’all should see twitter right now.... Anit-bloomberg tweets get inundated with pro-bloomy apologists. They’re not believable at all, and I don’t see anyone falling for it.

I loved these covers. I used to stare at them all the time as a kid, long before I was familiar with the stories within. Lost track of the books, themselves, so it’s nice to know now who the artist was.

Maybe not the dresses, but the feather boas? Definitely.

Yep. And they call that “faith”.

Mean is his standard operating mode, without deviation.

Part and parcel with rape culture.