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History of Feminism

niyad

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3. When I could not talk a friend out of meeting some guy like that, our

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sun Oct 9, 2022, 09:44 AM

Oct 2022

standing rule was that she had to text me his pic, the number he gave her, and where they were meeting. And she had to text me once an hour. I am thankul that she hs since stopped this insanity.

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Another Twitter based discussion about women, dating and being safe [View all] irisblue Oct 2022 OP

From Buzzfeed.com, an example irisblue Oct 2022 #1

Back during the DU gender wars, there was a very heated discussion about women Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #2

I remember that time. CrispyQ Oct 2022 #6

When I could not talk a friend out of meeting some guy like that, our niyad Oct 2022 #3

Pre cellphone days, I carried a work pager irisblue Oct 2022 #4

My single days were long before cell phones, but we still had a buddy system. CrispyQ Oct 2022 #5

We had this one: If you're out with a friend and she picks up her purse to go to the restroom, Arkansas Granny Oct 2022 #7

Yep. This is reality for women who date and has been for a long time. Diamond_Dog Oct 2022 #8

I know there are some gay men who do this (waves at Shaun), but straight men irisblue Oct 2022 #9

An example of this. ::sigh:: irisblue Oct 2022 #10