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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:56 PM Original message |
Just wondering. If the Catholic Priests had been abusing girls instead of boys, |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. I would, but the meda and general public would not. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Oh, good example, and it supports my theory, thank you! :) n/t |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. That sums things up right there. |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would... but I'm outraged by the Inquisition. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The Inquisition sucked, for sure! :) n/t |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. well, maybe that's because |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Or the endorsement of slavery and genocide in the new world. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Gender is irrelevant. They are abusing CHILDREN. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Yes, but popular culture is more worried about gay men abusing boys than straight ones |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
58. Hetereosexual males are 100X more likely to sexually abuse children . . . |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. That's the point the OP is trying to make. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. How about no? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well guess what Sherlock...the world DID discount the females, giggle, |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Yep. |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:28 PM Response to Reply #12 |
57. Got that right. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. It would seem more 'normal'. Young girls are abused in larger percentages. nt |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. That's what I was thinking. I remember a friend who admitted her abuse to me - she told me |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:31 PM Response to Reply #13 |
42. "that's what girls are for" |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Who fucking says that to their own kid? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Oh, you would be amazed at what people say/do to their own kids, LOL n/t |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Especially religious-righters. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I would like a world where it wasn't quite so "normal" to rape little girls. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. The % of girls who get, at minimum, molested is stunning. nt |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. girls have been abused by the church |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Well, considering they have been abusing both, and the news coverage |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. they were abusing BOTH boys and girls |
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Walk away (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
18. That's disgusting. nt |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. There have been plenty of girls abused by priests |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. True. It's not even about sex, it's about hurting someone powerless. n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
62. It's that old "domination" thing -- a turn on for many males . . . |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
24. No, I don't think it's that simple. (no text) |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:38 PM Response to Original message |
25. Uninformed, aren't you? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
26. Child molestation is child molestation, period. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:48 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I agree with you, I hate it all, but society seems to look the other way when girls are involved. |
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harry_pothead (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. Here's something I don't get: |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. You are right - Vachhs talks about that, says you get a break in America if you grow your own |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Believe the riddle is involved in patriarchy's enemies list . . . nature, women, children . . . |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
60. One in 3 females and 1 in 5 males are sexually abused as children |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
28. the thing is.... girls have been being abused and theirs have not been a story even heard |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Yes. That bothers me. It doesn't seem right to me that girls being raped should be seen as okay. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. no, it doesnt seem right. i agree. nt |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I want to ask, do girls matter? Are girls people? Or just things? n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. we have created a culture of dehumanizing female at the youngest of age |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. ..... |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. fuck the virgin was an indepth about offshore oil drilling, relevent and good using womens sexuality |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
55. Uh, what? |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. what, what? you said you have never heard of these titles. i am telling you where to |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I couldn't decipher you mangling of English. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. The biggest insult in the Army is to call a soldier a "p@ssy" n/t |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:05 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. yes. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #35 |
63. Well, corporations have "personhood" . . . females do not have full personhood under |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well of course I'd still be outraged. |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. I was an 11 year old GIRL when I was molested by a priest. |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. And everyone blamed YOU for it, right? And told you to shut up? n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
64. Were you able to tell anyone about it at the time? |
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MindandSoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. No, No one. . .except when I went to confession. . .to another priest! |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-06-10 09:09 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Understand . . . |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
33. we'll soon find out. The girls' stories are just |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. You are an intellectual loner as well asa liberal loner. n/t |
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704wipes (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
37. not if they were blonde and blue-eyed ? |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You bring up a good point - do we care as much about abused children who are not the dominant |
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LiberalLoner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:21 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. And it fits in with the whole world view that I think is common here in the U.S. that some |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. There were girls abused, too. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
46. What makes you think they were not? |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:06 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. The fact that this thread exists says something interesting about the media coverage of the mess |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
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