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1WorldHope

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14. So, is this an American thing? Is it a European thing
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 04:46 PM
6 hrs ago

that traveled to America with the immigrants from our Victorian culture? Is this a world wide thing?
It's a thing, no doubt about it. I am a woman and it started young and the characters varied, along with the degrees of SA. And though "I didn't let it ruin my life". It no doubt effected me to the core.
I was lucky that I had a stable home, I had good family, I was middle class and never homeless. When I think of the hell young people went through with the Epstein/Trump sex trafficking and the Franklin Cover up in Omaha, and the sex slaves trafficked around this planet, I can't help but think, humans didn't evolve for the better and a well pointed asteroid may not be the worst thing that could happen. If only it would just kill the predators and leave the prey alone to live our happy little lives with no assholes to fuck up our innocence. And yes, ruin many many people for the rest of their lives.

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Yup. I hear you. As a woman, I have my own stories. Joinfortmill 8 hrs ago #1
Same ananda 7 hrs ago #8
Me too. OMGWTF 6 hrs ago #18
WTF is wrong with men? Disaffected 6 hrs ago #22
Culture has just as much to do with it blubunyip 35 min ago #42
Prehistoric times? "Cave-man marriage"--- knock the woman over the head with a club, Jack Valentino 29 min ago #43
Same here. highplainsdem 5 hrs ago #26
It was prevalent throughout the sixties and seventies too. Arthur_Frain 8 hrs ago #2
This was ongoing from the 2920''s through the 1990's and likely beyond there. PCIntern 8 hrs ago #4
I'm sorry that happened to you. And also if it ruins someone's life it's not necessarily because they "let" it. WhiskeyGrinder 7 hrs ago #5
That's exactly what the "Me, Too" movement was trying to raise awareness of. Diamond_Dog 8 hrs ago #3
I never got that in fertility clinics Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #6
The most graphic testimony in the GJ report PCIntern 7 hrs ago #7
Assaulted by gay bashers? N/t Figarosmom 7 hrs ago #9
Oh no... PCIntern 6 hrs ago #10
I feel sick... AloeVera 5 hrs ago #27
Geez.. Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #37
Collection at home was an option we used to create my daughter Soul_of_Wit 5 hrs ago #24
I've always said that it's up to parents to inform their teenage children BEFORE it happens to them FakeNoose 6 hrs ago #11
Absolutely... PCIntern 6 hrs ago #12
And then there are those parents who are shit. usedtobedemgurl 6 hrs ago #16
That's ridiculous. AZ8theist 6 hrs ago #20
Thank you. usedtobedemgurl 6 hrs ago #21
You're welcome. AZ8theist 5 hrs ago #32
I'm an old lady now, but... Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #39
And sadly that is part of the problem Lifeafter70 5 hrs ago #33
And no matter the warnings, it can and does still happen. 1WorldHope 6 hrs ago #15
From the epstein files it sounds lime many of the parents Figarosmom 2 hrs ago #38
Teenage? Ms. Toad 53 min ago #41
Twice, in the 60s, adult males tried lure me within their reach. enigmania 6 hrs ago #13
So, is this an American thing? Is it a European thing 1WorldHope 6 hrs ago #14
Pedophilia knows no borders.. whathehell 5 hrs ago #29
It turns out that Grimm's fairy tales had a real purpose it seems. 1WorldHope 5 hrs ago #31
If they Rebl2 6 hrs ago #17
Pretty revolting, isn't it? PCIntern 6 hrs ago #19
Exactly MustLoveBeagles 6 hrs ago #23
Report them MorbidButterflyTat 5 hrs ago #25
And they're helping those freak f*cks have children! Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #40
This exists and always existed because it has been allowed to exist Bluestocking 5 hrs ago #28
For many years I taught women's self defense oberle 5 hrs ago #30
"which include Boy Scout and Girl Scout publications" ??? progressoid 5 hrs ago #34
Re fertility clinics Tasmanian Devil 4 hrs ago #35
References? PCIntern 4 hrs ago #36
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