This!!! I went to a terribly violent high school. I can’t tell you how many times the area I was in was pepper sprayed before I graduated. Violence, guns, shit I saw someone get run overIn the school parking lot TWICE. Two separate occasions. I thought this shit was NORMAL. Not to mention how despondent the teachers…

I agree, being somewhat of an expat who lives in and has married into a collectivist culture, there is this very strong emphasis placed on manners, tradition, honoring elders and not offending strangers that was VERY hard to adjust to being raised individualistically. It is extremely rude to speak to much in class, to…

That’s what I was thinking. Or sugar/dessert. At what point is it a problem for you vs a problem for your doctor

The serial date rapist that targeted me in college shows up in my Facebook feed from time to time. Apparently he works in a preschool now *shudder*

Why did I read your link?!?!? Why?!?!?

I legit hate that guy

Also most of the world (except the US) cosleeps. I worked in a pediatric unit in an overseas military hospital, and it was amazing to see how stubbornly Americans hold on to this as the only acceptable option. The women who were cosleeping either due to cultural norms or out of necessity (lots of ppl in the rest of…

Thank you!!! I honestly think I would feel the same level of sleep deprivation as the author if I had to get up and walk to another room every time my daughter needed some water, or a snuggle, or a bad dream. My oldest has been a terrible sleeper since birth. I wouldn't have made it to work in that first year without…

But it doesn’t because there is still pimping and trafficking in places where sex work is legal. It is argued by many that legalized prostitutioned becomes state sanctioned slavery.

Thank you!!! I’m having a very physical reaction to the tone of this article and many of the comments. It literally makes my stomach hurt. We are talking about hundreds of women who are in underground sex slavery RIGHT HERE in our cities. Anything that can help these women (even if it inconveniences some other women)…

Not to mention that it’s very difficult to speak with and get honest feedback from the women who are currently being trafficked. Id say damn near impossible. So you’d have to rely on information that is going to be vastly more reflective of the women who have a lot more empowered choice and personal autonomy. Id argue…

I totally agree with what you’re saying here. The thought of what it must be like to be a woman who is sex trafficked causes such a visceral reaction in me that it’s hard to read a lot of these comments. In my city there is a very visible red light district, and these women look like slaves. They are participating in…

That’s not a true statement. What most professionals in the sex assault and domestic violence field are adamant about is that the majority of PERPETRATORS are male. There are of course, exceptions, but the number of male perpetrators is staggering, and they are the ones who are stalking and beating (mostly) women…

True story- where I live there was highly publicized security cam footage of a police officer beating the crap out if his ex in a bar. Big police man, little tiny woman. The explanation was that video was not “sufficient” evidence and that the two were “wrestling”. In a bar.

My first 2 years of college were pretty much a string of date rapes that I felt “slutty”about for years. Some of them pop up in my ppl you might know list on Facebook and *shockingly* society seems to reward rapists with nice looking families and successful careers, while the victims get to deal with all the bullshit…

Sounds about right. I’ve heard horror stories of women having to leave in the middle of the night in a plane to the mainland bc their boyfriend/husband who’s somehow connected to HPD is going to kill them. Not to mention almost every dv call that is handled exactly how you describe it. Criminal justice in Hawaii is a…

Im literally dying right now!! That’s what I always thought he was saying until someone laughed at me and made me embarrassed. Moosebumps ftw

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I thought it was maybe a reference to the lyrics in Lets Go Crazy?