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In reply to the discussion: I didn't know this week would have this effect on me. Can anyone relate? [View all]Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)103. I believe that part of the devastation
is that this farce only proves that the scummy guys are still in charge. I have voted against these guys all my life. But they keep winning because they get the scummy man vote and the vote of men who don't get it. Then they get women votes. Lots of them. It is very frustrating. I cannot see how any one of those old men can expect to be reelected - but they do expect to get reelected and they do get reelected.
Let's see on November 6 if women will vote for themselves instead of the scummy men.
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I didn't know this week would have this effect on me. Can anyone relate? [View all]
TeapotInATempest
Sep 2018
OP
Women buying into rape culture: When i was about 16, my mom and I saw a woman who was
Amaryllis
Sep 2018
#135
Hugs back atcha. Yes, I felt like it was my fault. I shouldn't have been there...
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#50
No. You aren't a bad person for laughing. Several times over the past few days, I have wished
japple
Sep 2018
#63
same here. I feel like I am living in a country that puts its women in a place
demigoddess
Sep 2018
#45
I won't go into why, but Dr. Ford's testimony affected me very much. I sat there and cried as I
skylucy
Sep 2018
#51
Yes. I wanted to reach into the television and hug her. Thank you for understanding my trepidation
skylucy
Sep 2018
#79
Yep, he came across like a bully with an over-developed sense of entitlement.
TeapotInATempest
Sep 2018
#71
Millions of women have been violently triggered this week, or, as I pointed out...
Hekate
Sep 2018
#68
I, too, started crying. The man who assaulted me when I was 19 years old was killed in a
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#70
I shared my story with a dear friend who, as a result, had his own moment of recalled memory
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#86
You are most definitely not alone and I really don't know any female who...
Guilded Lilly
Sep 2018
#77
I don't feel guilty and never did. But today I felt nauseated and couldn't eat.
CTyankee
Sep 2018
#98
This week seems to be unearthing the suppressed memories of assault, ...
JustABozoOnThisBus
Sep 2018
#111
I've found myself crying intermittently as well. I've been having overwhelming feelings of being a
-Steph-
Sep 2018
#112
I woke up today feeling as hollow, disoriented, and defeated as I did the morning of
catbyte
Sep 2018
#114
Working with a good therapist does wonders. I"ve found that different things will trigger me at
Amaryllis
Sep 2018
#133
Oh, yes. Absolutely. I've never been sexually assaulted. But I was physically abused.
Texin
Sep 2018
#137
My ex husband was also a mean drunk - I left because I felt he could accidentally kill me
womanofthehills
Sep 2018
#159