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• • 14 Aug 08
  • 8:05 am

  As the author said and as it has been seen in many statistics, wspettus, rape victims very rarely come forward and report their rapes for fear of having to face their rapist and also for the effects that will be caused from speaking up (embarrassment, guilt/self-blame, etc.). Yes, all rape victims, both within the military and civilian life, should be encouraged to "report the crimes, pursue assailants vigoriously and protect them after the fact," but that is far from enough. Because these women are forced to endure such sexual harassment from their co-workers, since it is obviously documented and researched, the …

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• • 14 Aug 08
  • 5:59 pm

  That, I agree with. I do not believe there is a correlation. I know several individuals who watch pornography, I've seen some myself, and just because you are interested or excited by it means that you will enact it on another human being against his/her will.

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• • 14 Aug 08
  • 7:38 am

  Until McCain, or any other man for that matter, grows a vagina, a set of ovaries and starts giving birth, he has no right over a woman's decision to do whatever she needs to her body. I am Pro-Choice, yet, I do not believe that even under the most extreme circumstances (for example, if I was raped and became pregnant from that incident) would I ever have the mental and emotional capacities to terminate my pregnancy. HOWEVER, it doesn't mean that another woman should be forced to keep her child in the event of an accidental pregnancy or rape. I do …

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• • 17 Aug 08
  • 9:57 pm

  HORRAH neilyou.

  Posted to McSexist