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Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is hard.

How to Keep Kids Safe, By a Woman Raped at 15

Passing nhisakayre along this wisdom: I was raped by a classmate when I was 15. There is nothing anyone could have done to prevent it. Obviously by age 15 I was going off places by myself or with friends, as 15-year-olds are supposed to do. And while I believe homeschooling is a valid educational choice, […]

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"May my five digits touch your five digits?"

Is it “Rape” To Hold Someone’s Hand without Explicit Consent?

. In the fairy tale “The Princess and the Pea,” a princess is placed atop a pile of mattresses. Her exquisite sensitivity allows her and her alone to feel the pea underneath them all. You’d think that would signal to everyone: “Get away from that princess! She’s impossible!” And yet she has become a role […]

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