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In reply to the discussion: Selling dryer Buyer says he can get it out if I help Fuck it I pick up a side Then I see look on his [View all]-Steph-
(409 posts)54. Some statistics you forgot to mention...
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/42tabledatadecoverviewpdf/table_42_arrests_by_sex_2012.xls
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 88.7% committed by men
Forcible rape 99.1% committed by men
Robbery 87.0% committed by men
Aggravated assault 77.1% committed by men
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 92.2% committed by men
Mass shootings 96% committed by men
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 88.7% committed by men
Forcible rape 99.1% committed by men
Robbery 87.0% committed by men
Aggravated assault 77.1% committed by men
Sex offenses (except forcible rape and prostitution) 92.2% committed by men
Mass shootings 96% committed by men
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Selling dryer Buyer says he can get it out if I help Fuck it I pick up a side Then I see look on his [View all]
jodymarie aimee
Oct 2018
OP
It is advice I do myself. But that's fine. I have been accussed of "victimizing" the OP, which is
still_one
Oct 2018
#43
Thanks cwydro. I need a break from here, and everything else going on right now anyway
still_one
Oct 2018
#52
You have a perfect right to take whatever risks the real world puts in your path
Joe Chi Minh
Oct 2018
#161
This is my last post here, and I am gone. I was giving advice that I give for myself, but instead
still_one
Oct 2018
#50
You did nothing at all to bring this on yourself. We're in a new normal and you ...
marble falls
Oct 2018
#5
The difference is it went from patriarchal (not good but reparable) to depredation ...
marble falls
Oct 2018
#25
I agree. Just like hearing about missing kids. We know instantly a child missing 1000 miles away.
7962
Oct 2018
#96
No, it's always been this bad, women are talking about it a lot more than they used to. nt
raccoon
Oct 2018
#87
You all know this post and it's story are NOT something that happened to the DUer who posted it.
Liberal In Texas
Oct 2018
#68
Um no, his comments amounted to victim blaming. Kinda like how you attempted to smear the OP.
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#172
What a terrible feeling, that moment where you realize the danger you're in.
TeapotInATempest
Oct 2018
#22
I am glad you did not have a worse outcome. That being said, it was a sexual assault.
58Sunliner
Oct 2018
#24
I totally understand the sizing up, doing the figuring in your head, holding your breath
BlancheSplanchnik
Oct 2018
#28
Your story terrifies me and I am a man with a wife and 2 daughters and 2 sons. I told the story
Pepsidog
Oct 2018
#33
What did your husband do/say when you looked out the window and said it was the guy?
cwydro
Oct 2018
#37
I'm glad you didn't get physically hurt and I'm sorry for the psychological trauma you went through.
iscooterliberally
Oct 2018
#38
Precautions men & women take to avoid being the victim of a violent crime is similar
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#42
Your post implied women and men are equally the victims of violent crime. They're not.
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#67
Because that's what I do. Why would you want me to lie and say something different?
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#85
You said this to the OP "Thank you for sharing your harrowing ecperience with that perv."
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#117
I'm not going to complain about the OP as the name of the author is in the very 1st line!
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#127
Very true. But she's not responded to any of the questions or expressions of concern.
cwydro
Oct 2018
#133
I've known the OP for a couple of years and I don't think she meant for us to make this mistake.
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#135
Why so hostile to this poster? I asked him questions to, but you seem to have a problem with his
cwydro
Oct 2018
#122
You are all over this thread shitting on the OP with "lol's" - suggesting it is suspect.
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#136
That doesn't make the OP's content, or the thread discussion, any less valid.
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#150
The OP is not required to engage. Do you have a problem with the OP content?
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#134
Every DUer is anonymous. So what? We "correspond" to lots of folks not here.
SunSeeker
Oct 2018
#132
I don't see any post in that thread saying something like "I'm so sorry to hear you have cancer!"
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#138
What are you talking about? It's always been this way. It's just that now women
raccoon
Oct 2018
#99
yes, and the women I have known most always have talked about it. But now that it is more mainstream
logosoco
Oct 2018
#113
My big wish when reading your story was that you were ahead of him on the stairs so you could have
Maraya1969
Oct 2018
#92
I have been single most of my adult life, so I have workmen in the house often.
Honeycombe8
Oct 2018
#141
Why haven't you explained to Honeycombe8 how dangerous it is for there to be a gun in the house?
Kaleva
Oct 2018
#162
I just really have never thought about what we women do, daily, to try and stay safe
meadowlark5
Oct 2018
#142
Yes, as a man I didn't realize this until I thought about it later as an adult...
jimlup
Oct 2018
#154
Assuming you were getting rid of the old dryer because you replaced it with a new one
cstanleytech
Oct 2018
#174