Just to be clear, I'm responding to your comment as an in-addition, not as a disagreement :) When a man (or woman) approaches me in the subway or on the street, and respectfully says hello, looks at my face like (posted to On beauty and its consequences)
When I read the question without considering the OP's interpretation, I thought differently about it. I feel like it could have been intended to make people think about how important calories are to them, and how much they do restrict (posted to Livejournal encouraging eating disorders?)
The post didn't seem to be a complaint about the ER protocol, it seemed to be about the OP's discomfort with the idea of being a victim. (posted to Being labelled a "Victim")
I feel like the story of Pete's rape needed to be told ambiguously because of the time. My mother, who was born in '58, talks to me about a lot of things that happened to her in the seventies which (posted to Mad Men Mondays: You don't kiss boys, boys kiss you)
Actually Kinsey has been into Peggy from the beginning. In season one he was spending his lunch with her every day, until he tried to seal the deal with her. When she rejected him he started treating her like she (posted to Mad Men Mondays: Geez Louise!)
I prefer the term survivor for this very reason. It doesn't have the negative connotations which are associated with the word victim, and its empowering to be able to know that you survived your ordeal. Plus it lets people know (posted to Being labelled a "Victim")
Personally I don't think it was intentional, I think Peggy is just more talented than even she realizes. She doesn't seem like the vindictive type, and making Kinsey look stupid would be vindictive. (posted to Mad Men Mondays: Geez Louise!)
I'm even more creeped out now because I didn't get that at all until you said it. When he went looking for Peggy I thought he was just going to drunkenly yell at her, rape never even occurred to me. (posted to Mad Men Mondays: Geez Louise!)
