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This could be anyone's sister, anyone's daughter, anyone's mom (Original Post) RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 OP
. Orsino Sep 2018 #1
Meaning? whathehell Sep 2018 #3
Exactly! Staph Sep 2018 #4
Plus men can also be the victim of sexual assault mythology Sep 2018 #5
Absolutely agreed! Staph Sep 2018 #6
Yes, anybody's at all - even members of the gop, how can they live with themselves?!? FM123 Sep 2018 #2

Staph

(6,251 posts)
4. Exactly!
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 12:00 PM
Sep 2018

She is not to be defined by her relationship to someone else (specifically, to someone with XY chromosomes).

She is a person in her own right.


 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
5. Plus men can also be the victim of sexual assault
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 12:04 PM
Sep 2018

Yes fewer of us are, but sexual violence impacts across all genders, ages, races etc. We shouldn't not sexually assault somebody because of their gender or any other characteristic, but because sexual assault is wrong.

Staph

(6,251 posts)
6. Absolutely agreed!
Thu Sep 27, 2018, 12:26 PM
Sep 2018

I'm responding to both the graphic that says "She" and to Dr. Ford as someone in her own right, not just in relation to others.


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