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CrispyQ

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1. Coward:
Sun Feb 17, 2013, 02:22 PM
Feb 2013
Francesco Tuccia, 22, the man eventually convicted of her rape, asked if he could leave the courtroom during the doctor’s graphic testimony, and was escorted out.






According to an unprecedented global 2012 study in the American Political Science Review published by Cambridge University Press, research “found astonishingly high rates of sexual assault, stalking, trafficking, violence in intimate relationships, and other violations of women.” According to the study’s co-author, S. Laurel Weldon, “in Europe it is a bigger danger to women than cancer, with 45 percent of European women experiencing some form of physical or sexual violence. Rates are similar in North America, Australia, and New Zealand.”

Latin America, commonly perceived to have a bigger problem than Europe, for example, has done much more to tackle the problem. “People have a misconception that it’s worse in Latin America, but it’s not,” she told The Daily Beast. “Europe has been slow to join the party.”
Men Who Hate Women [View all] ismnotwasm Feb 2013 OP
Coward: CrispyQ Feb 2013 #1
Brazil has women's police stations BainsBane Feb 2013 #2
My first thought was, "What a great idea!" CrispyQ Feb 2013 #4
it enables women to make charges BainsBane Feb 2013 #5
Don't get me wrong, I think it's a great idea, CrispyQ Feb 2013 #6
One of the reasons I posted this, is because I think there is a perception ismnotwasm Feb 2013 #7
Regarding One Billion Rising, anything that raises awareness is good for all of us. CrispyQ Feb 2013 #8
And yes, I think you are right that there is a perception that CrispyQ Feb 2013 #9
again, it is why i continually point out it is not a party issue, but a man issue. seabeyond Mar 2013 #17
you are absolutely right on. the rhetoric has to be debunked. nt seabeyond Mar 2013 #16
ha... that is the first thing i thought about also. he should have been forced to see the animal seabeyond Mar 2013 #15
Why!? Why!? Why!? Deep13 Feb 2013 #3
lol, deep 13. i know it is a heavy issue and i get what you are saying, seabeyond Mar 2013 #18
I know. If it happens, we should hear about it. Deep13 Mar 2013 #22
"50 percent of women killed between 2008 and 2010 in Europe were killed by a family member." redqueen Feb 2013 #10
Sick fucking bastard. He should be shot. smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #11
I was surfing the net the other day and I came across the woman hater site boston bean Mar 2013 #12
I only gave it a 5 second look, but that might be just a big wind up. Dash87 Mar 2013 #13
ya. these assholes a feeding it to other insecure assholes and the mentality is growing seabeyond Mar 2013 #19
The 'ignore them and they'll go away' tactic has failed. redqueen Mar 2013 #20
common sense, logic, intellectually, it does not make sense that ignoring them will do a seabeyond Mar 2013 #21
what a fuckin coward. like he has the right to face accuser, he should have to see the damage seabeyond Mar 2013 #14
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