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radical noodle

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59. While I agree to a point...

Wed Apr 15, 2026, 12:12 PM

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Avoiding athletes does not fix the problem. Nor does sticking with guys wearing glasses. All of them are equally guilty of this sort of behavior. I've had too many instances of nice guys who couldn't take no for an answer.

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I wish to state something about sex crimes: [View all] PCIntern 23 hrs ago OP

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 5 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