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History of Feminism
In reply to the discussion: My "Naked" Truth [View all]riqster
(13,986 posts)36. An old "blessing" I once heard seems applicable:
From my pastor during communicant's class: "May you be treated by others as you have treated them".
Quite the eye-opener, that was. Rev. Schwartzbach was very good at such little zingers.
And it informs my actions to this day. I am wrinkly, paunchy, hairy in the wrong places, in poor health, and my wife thinks I am handsome. There is a powerful lesson in that love. And it goes both ways with us.
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i use to say our body was just the metal to protect our inside, as we traveled in life, like a car.
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#1
You give the male species more credit than do I. Been on a dating site lately?
Tuesday Afternoon
Jul 2014
#3
exactly. especially the last decade of inundation of this garbage in every area of life, 24/7
seabeyond
Jul 2014
#7
I think that's must be especially true for women who find themselves unattached...
theHandpuppet
Jul 2014
#25
Yeah, of course it does. Cause men are sexually objectified just as much, right?
redqueen
Jul 2014
#29