Dude, you are the third, or fifth, or ninth man this week to be rude to me, to think that what you want—to get a rise from your friends, to make your desire known, to make me uncomfortable, to project some twisted "proof" of your virility into the air—is more important than my comfort or safety. This is not an anomaly. This is constant.
Do you want to know the saddest part? When I started this essay describing my Friday night, I almost included descriptions of what my roommate and I were wearing. I almost mentioned that we were casually dressed, that our clothes weren't revealing, that neither of us was drunk. I almost fell into the trap of proving to you how undeserving we were of harassment and I'm embarrassed to admit that to you now. That's how easy it is to go into victim mode, how easy it is to absorb the lesson that you are somehow responsible for unwanted attention, for harassment, even for assault. No one is deserving of your behavior.
But that is not all that happened. You were a harasser, the guy they make subway posters about, the guy who contributes to rape culture. Ask your female friends, if you have any, if they’ve ever walked home late at night with a key pushed through their knuckles, just in case, if they’ve ever crossed the street to avoid a stranger, just in case, if they’ve ever taken the long way home because of the weird guy on the corner, just in case. Ask them if they’ve ever made up a boyfriend to get a guy to leave them alone, if they’ve ever gotten off a train car and moved to the next because you just never know, if they’ve ever shelled out for a cab because men like you were at the bus stop. Do you really want to be that guy?
this is a very good example. michelle "eye to the heavens, give me strength" look. obama laughing and turning away, yet reaching behind michelle and rubbing back. givin' ya strength.
While Obama quit smoking in 2010, Boehner still lights up. Obama has called giving up the habit for good “hard.”
According to Wenig, Boehner was referring to Michelle when he quipped to the commander in chief, “Somebody won’t let you do it.”
A silent video of the exchange shows the first lady then rolling her eyes.
a handful of men say, no, not a dig to michelle. too sensitive. just being offended too easily. they argue, refusing to listen to women. yet, almost every woman knows that look. about every woman said, dont know what was said, but was a guy joke. and about every woman experiences it repeatedly, looks to the heavens and says... give me strength. but, wtf, we do not know what we are talking about. even though boner was sure to tap michelle a couple times to let her know.... the dig was coming, you listening michelle, cause it is so fuckin' funny. wait for it...
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