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MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
39. That speech is one of the most powerful things I have ever read.
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 01:10 PM
Jun 2014

I don't understand how people can read that and be dismissive of this.

Thank you for posting shenmue May 2014 #1
Excellent piece. theHandpuppet May 2014 #2
Just like you. sulphurdunn May 2014 #3
my son that will be back soon likes to discuss this subject.... and everything else seabeyond May 2014 #7
Youths confidence. sulphurdunn May 2014 #10
This is excellent! Personally, I am so tired of men who demand that I give them an excuse if I don't DesertDiamond May 2014 #4
virgin/lesbian/slut. seabeyond May 2014 #8
You forgot "bitch" Sweet Freedom May 2014 #15
i kinda see it the seabeyond May 2014 #16
Ewww Sweet Freedom May 2014 #22
omg... two different worlds. lol. and both... men dictating our sexuality. interesting. seabeyond May 2014 #23
I just wonder... theHandpuppet May 2014 #24
i am so glad this woman spoke out. i make this point. every single person ignores it. women? sex? seabeyond May 2014 #5
It's rare, but not THAT rare. davidthegnome May 2014 #6
i dont know if i will read rest. society sex is a taboo subject??? fuggin' for real? we obsessively seabeyond May 2014 #9
Well, if you had read the rest... davidthegnome May 2014 #11
excellent. then david. i will continue on reading. thank you for letting me know. seabeyond May 2014 #12
so why did you say it? your very next sentence proved otherwise. seabeyond May 2014 #13
Maybe I could have used clearer language. davidthegnome May 2014 #14
yes. i get all that. i really do. i have been talking about it for a while now. seabeyond May 2014 #18
For further clarification of my point: davidthegnome May 2014 #20
This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond May 2014 #21
I think it goes beyond religion ismnotwasm May 2014 #25
That entitlement is rooted in patriarchal religions theHandpuppet May 2014 #34
Yeah ismnotwasm May 2014 #35
It's like a rolodex of boys clubs. theHandpuppet May 2014 #36
You're right. davidthegnome Jun 2014 #37
Thank you for this post theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #38
This in the first real paragraph ismnotwasm May 2014 #17
because all men are animals and will fuck anything they can. seabeyond May 2014 #19
I am schooling my twenty something sons about this randys1 May 2014 #26
K&R. Not that all men are planning retaliation for not getting the sex they want, but Dark n Stormy Knight May 2014 #27
Now this, this is fantastic. redqueen May 2014 #28
"I cannot and will not feel sorry for them. " ha ha. i thought the same when i read it. i like your seabeyond May 2014 #29
Yeah, I'm so done being nice about this shit. redqueen May 2014 #30
Andrea Dworkin again ismnotwasm May 2014 #31
Thank you. She put it perfectly. nt redqueen May 2014 #32
dworkin... and again. agree with you both. nt seabeyond May 2014 #33
That speech is one of the most powerful things I have ever read. MadrasT Jun 2014 #39
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