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jfz9580m

(17,367 posts)
38. Times change and we live in a world of privacy violations
Tue Apr 14, 2026, 09:34 PM
17 hrs ago

The statistics supporting this are thrown out a lot and yes opportunities wise it is easier for predators to attack someone they know. But it is a bit of a chestnut if applied globally.
In many parts of the global south stranger danger is a thing.

And it is why in general women find getting doxxed such a scary experience.

Times change and one of my reasons for pushing back against the normalisation privacy violations is women having no control over our data as some of the most conservative and creepy people proliferate in these snoopy data mining industries.

There are many truisms like these the left/feminists need to lump the correct way to evolve to meet accelerating chaos.

While the alt right is excellent at fucking with the head and I ignore the “go team!!!” type of “left”, the real left can be frustratingly slow (I know I was) to meet this new era of assholery.

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Most sexual assaults are not stranger abductions. yardwork 23 hrs ago #1
Yes, taught to be nice is abig one. Figarosmom 23 hrs ago #4
Exactly! yardwork 23 hrs ago #5
You will notice that I did not limit my OP to sexual assaults only. niyad 21 hrs ago #20
Yes more women are abused by someone thwy trust Lifeafter70 21 hrs ago #24
Times change and we live in a world of privacy violations jfz9580m 17 hrs ago #38
When my daughter was 12 Figarosmom 23 hrs ago #2
Brava! Congrats to her! You must be very proud of her! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #6
Sure am!😊 Figarosmom 23 hrs ago #13
Excellent! I wish all parents did this. niyad 21 hrs ago #19
Same here. My daughter was a black belt at age 13. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #26
Yeah funny how that works, the politeness factor. Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #36
My daughter is 4ft 10in and 95 lbs. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #44
I taught taekwondo to children and adults oberle 21 hrs ago #29
I had friends that trained Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #35
Thank you for all that you have done. niyad 18 hrs ago #37
My daughter loved it. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #45
Worry more about partners, "friends," and creepy bosses, Ocelot II 23 hrs ago #3
Yes! SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #7
You will notice that I did not limit my OP to sexual assaults only. niyad 21 hrs ago #21
I don't remember what SING stands for LearnedHand 23 hrs ago #8
I think it's Solar plexus, Insole, Nose, Groin EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #11
Thanks! LearnedHand 23 hrs ago #12
Watch Miss Congeniality! MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #25
That's where i first learned about it lol LearnedHand 19 hrs ago #33
I like that dye idea, like in money robbed from a bank EdmondDantes_ 23 hrs ago #9
But Swalwell knew what was right and wrong JI7 22 hrs ago #15
Not enough to not be an abuser EdmondDantes_ 22 hrs ago #16
Teaching men and boys not to be abusers is great. How long is that niyad 21 hrs ago #18
My fantasy is that men are barred from owning any weapon. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #27
Sadly, the way things are going in this misogynist, patriarchal niyad 21 hrs ago #28
Yes women's rights are going by the wayside. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #30
A man that SA women I_UndergroundPanther 17 hrs ago #42
My point is I don't think simply giving women tools is enough EdmondDantes_ 21 hrs ago #31
All very interesting. But PLEASE notice that I specifically mentioned niyad 20 hrs ago #32
Any physical boundary violation when a woman says no. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #47
I agree there will need to be a multi-layered approach. Irish_Dem 8 hrs ago #46
cell phones. mopinko 23 hrs ago #10
The biggest threats are those we know and agree to see JI7 22 hrs ago #14
??? niyad 22 hrs ago #17
Women need to be empowered to fight back. hamsterjill 21 hrs ago #22
Looking self-assured and aware certainly helps. In a similar discussion niyad 21 hrs ago #23
If you find yourself in a bad situation, wnylib 19 hrs ago #34
Yes, trust your instincts! I am so very glad that you did exactly that, niyad 17 hrs ago #39
Yikes 😳 MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #40
So am I. It seems even scarier to me now that I'm older and wnylib 17 hrs ago #41
Good for you! YES, always trust gut instinct! SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #43
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