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• It sounds like she's pretty old-fashioned, if she's thinking that the purpose (or even a purpose) of going to college is to get a man. So I suggest that you fight old-fashioned fire with old-fashioned fire - my grandparents used
  (posted to I'm in need of some advice here)
• Conservatives get to demonstrate in the public square, maybe we should make them stand around talking all day until we're so sick and tired of seeing them that we do away with their injustice?
  (posted to This lovely gem... )
• Before you talk to your gyn, make sure they're as pro-choice as they come - GWB's HHS regulations allowing GYNs to refuse to give information on methods they find distasteful are still in effect, so you can't trust anything out
  (posted to Looking for a little advice...)
• The pill is not necessarily "not recommended" for women over 35 - there's just a slightly increased risk for blood clots, which is really negligible as long as you don't smoke and don't have a history of blood clots or
  (posted to Birth Control Fatigue)
• First, katieChaos, I think your response to that situation was fabulous :) Thanks for posting this! It's good also to hear the stories of other women who've felt intimidated in non-sexual situations (i.e. having to be "nice," not wanting to
  (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)

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• This is triggering. (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)
• I stood up to a creepy older guy recently - albeit in a passive-aggressive way. He's a middle-aged, married friend of my mother's; not really a friend-friend, but someone she parties with on the weekend. He's a big drinker and (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)
• I'm the mother of an incest survivor. Your story is deeply disturbing to me. Your uncle is a predator. And predators do not own their behavior. He will never validate your discomfort because, frankly, it is your discomfort that does (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)
• Good for you! And you were not passive-aggressive. You were simply assertive. Not aggressive, not passive, just strong. You just stood up for the right thing and won. Victories like this are bigger than just one incident. My mother was (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)
• Thanks. I guess I meant passive-aggressive in the sense that I used facebook and didn't do it face-to-face. But I guess it was probably better that way since, in all likelihood, he read the message while sober and it probably (posted to Standing up to a creepy uncle)

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