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Figarosmom

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38. From the epstein files it sounds like many of the parents
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 09:25 PM
17 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:33 AM - Edit history (1)

Sold their own kids into it. All they saw was how to make a buck.

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Yup. I hear you. As a woman, I have my own stories. Joinfortmill 23 hrs ago #1
Same ananda 22 hrs ago #8
Me too. OMGWTF 21 hrs ago #18
WTF is wrong with men? Disaffected 21 hrs ago #22
Culture has just as much to do with it blubunyip 15 hrs ago #42
This leads to the nature or nurture debate. Disaffected 13 hrs ago #44
Imho, women can cut their losses by simply avoiding athletes. Some have taken allegorical oracle 5 hrs ago #49
Then there's the "nice guys," some wearing spectacles, smart, bookish, well-mannered... Alice B. 3 hrs ago #58
While I agree to a point... radical noodle 2 hrs ago #59
Prehistoric times? "Cave-man marriage"--- knock the woman over the head with a club, Jack Valentino 15 hrs ago #43
You might be projecting modern norms on prehistory. Buzz cook 4 min ago #63
Same here. highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #26
It was prevalent throughout the sixties and seventies too. Arthur_Frain 23 hrs ago #2
This was ongoing from the 1920''s through the 1990's and likely beyond there. PCIntern 23 hrs ago #4
It was ongoing through all of history and pre-history. It just wasn't talked about. Or the victim was blamed. raccoon 3 hrs ago #55
I'm sorry that happened to you. And also if it ruins someone's life it's not necessarily because they "let" it. WhiskeyGrinder 23 hrs ago #5
That's exactly what the "Me, Too" movement was trying to raise awareness of. Diamond_Dog 23 hrs ago #3
I never got that in fertility clinics Figarosmom 22 hrs ago #6
The most graphic testimony in the GJ report PCIntern 22 hrs ago #7
Assaulted by gay bashers? N/t Figarosmom 22 hrs ago #9
Oh no... PCIntern 22 hrs ago #10
I feel sick... AloeVera 20 hrs ago #27
Geez.. Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #37
OMG 😳 MustLoveBeagles 33 sec ago #64
Collection at home was an option we used to create my daughter Soul_of_Wit 21 hrs ago #24
I've always said that it's up to parents to inform their teenage children BEFORE it happens to them FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #11
Absolutely... PCIntern 22 hrs ago #12
And then there are those parents who are shit. usedtobedemgurl 21 hrs ago #16
That's ridiculous. AZ8theist 21 hrs ago #20
Thank you. usedtobedemgurl 21 hrs ago #21
You're welcome. AZ8theist 20 hrs ago #32
I'm an old lady now, but... Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #39
And sadly that is part of the problem Lifeafter70 20 hrs ago #33
And no matter the warnings, it can and does still happen. 1WorldHope 21 hrs ago #15
From the epstein files it sounds like many of the parents Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #38
Teenage? Ms. Toad 16 hrs ago #41
I still have a vivid memory of a friend and I being accosted by some creep Disaffected 13 hrs ago #45
Twice, in the 60s, adult males tried lure me within their reach. enigmania 22 hrs ago #13
So, is this an American thing? Is it a European thing 1WorldHope 22 hrs ago #14
Pedophilia knows no borders.. whathehell 20 hrs ago #29
It turns out that Grimm's fairy tales had a real purpose it seems. 1WorldHope 20 hrs ago #31
We largely read sanitized versions of those dsc 6 hrs ago #47
It is a human thing. Disaffected 13 hrs ago #46
If they Rebl2 21 hrs ago #17
Pretty revolting, isn't it? PCIntern 21 hrs ago #19
Exactly MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #23
Report them MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #25
And they're helping those freak f*cks have children! Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #40
This exists and always existed because it has been allowed to exist Bluestocking 20 hrs ago #28
For many years I taught women's self defense oberle 20 hrs ago #30
Since I was in high school (late 60s) I have wondered: Why do they teach boys wrestling, but not girls? Attilatheblond 3 hrs ago #52
"which include Boy Scout and Girl Scout publications" ??? progressoid 20 hrs ago #34
Same Sympthsical 3 hrs ago #54
Re fertility clinics Tasmanian Devil 19 hrs ago #35
References? PCIntern 19 hrs ago #36
While not even close to this level dsc 6 hrs ago #48
my first two jobs at age 16 - TalenaGor 4 hrs ago #50
When I was in college I had a summer job with a veterinarian Wicked Blue 2 hrs ago #60
Sex crimes against children and women are the dirtiest secrets in this nation. ... marble falls 3 hrs ago #51
You are right on the money PCIntern 3 hrs ago #53
found a lot of stuff about the boyscouts and girlscouts. This one caught my eye for anyone who wants "sources" ... marble falls 3 hrs ago #57
I was not allowed to join PCIntern 2 hrs ago #62
I wouldn't be surprised if it was 100%. raccoon 3 hrs ago #56
Me, either. marble falls 2 hrs ago #61
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