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In reply to the discussion: I wish to state something about sex crimes: [View all]marble falls
(71,993 posts)51. Sex crimes against children and women are the dirtiest secrets in this nation. ...
... three out of the first four girlfriends I had starting in junior high school were molested by their fathers, my first wife was, also and it totally ruined her life.
My first girlfriend and her two sisters were raped by their father - a Summit County Sheriff's Deputy. When she went to her Baptist minister for counseling, he told her to submit to her father.
I would not be a bit surprised if 80% of women in this country have been sexually assaulted in some way at least once in their lives. It was exactly why I talked my youngest out of joining the Navy/applying for the Academy.
I am very careful how I approach women and children: I look just like the "enemy".
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Imho, women can cut their losses by simply avoiding athletes. Some have taken
allegorical oracle
15 hrs ago
#49
Then there's the "nice guys," some wearing spectacles, smart, bookish, well-mannered...
Alice B.
13 hrs ago
#58
Prehistoric times? "Cave-man marriage"--- knock the woman over the head with a club,
Jack Valentino
Tuesday
#43
It was ongoing through all of history and pre-history. It just wasn't talked about. Or the victim was blamed.
raccoon
13 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
Tuesday
#5
I've always said that it's up to parents to inform their teenage children BEFORE it happens to them
FakeNoose
Tuesday
#11
I still have a vivid memory of a friend and I being accosted by some creep
Disaffected
23 hrs ago
#45
Since I was in high school (late 60s) I have wondered: Why do they teach boys wrestling, but not girls?
Attilatheblond
13 hrs ago
#52
Sex crimes against children and women are the dirtiest secrets in this nation. ...
marble falls
13 hrs ago
#51