History of Feminism

djean111

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20. Went on a trip to Spain with a group from my office many years ago. We were asked to

Wed Mar 4, 2015, 09:45 AM

Mar 2015

gather in the hotel lobby the night we got there for a little information session.
We were told that we would be constantly "appreciated", catcalls, whistles, even a strange hissing sound, pretty much wherever we went. And the important thing was - do not look any guy hissing or whatever in the eyes if you can hep it. Evidently looking someone in the eyes would be interpreted as "Yes! I would certainly like to have sex with you!".
So, yeah.

We did have a really good time, followed the rules, etc.

My 20 YO grandson gets angry because he thinks all women think all men are rapists or whatever. I told him no, we do not. But then again, we must always be careful, because rapists don't exactly have identifying marks. I tried to liken it to telling children to not talk to strangers. Most strangers are perfectly fine, but all a child needs to do is meet one bad stranger.

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