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DesertDiamond

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4. This is excellent! Personally, I am so tired of men who demand that I give them an excuse if I don't

Sat May 31, 2014, 10:42 AM

May 2014

want to have sex with them, or go straight to insulting me for rejecting them, no matter how much I try to respect their feelings. It's also an extremely negative experience when men act as if because I'm single I am simply low-hanging fruit waiting to be harvested by whoever makes a grab for me.

And although I have yet to find the right man for me, I have never, EVER felt that this was owed to me.

Have things improved over the years? I really don't know, because there have always been decent men as well as the "entitled" ones. But it really amazes me to realize once again that there are still a lot of men out there who really don't see women as human beings.

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Virginity, Violence and Male Entitlement [View all] ismnotwasm May 2014 OP

Thank you for posting shenmue May 2014 #1

Excellent piece. theHandpuppet May 2014 #2

Just like you. sulphurdunn May 2014 #3

my son that will be back soon likes to discuss this subject.... and everything else seabeyond May 2014 #7

Youths confidence. sulphurdunn May 2014 #10

This is excellent! Personally, I am so tired of men who demand that I give them an excuse if I don't DesertDiamond May 2014 #4

virgin/lesbian/slut. seabeyond May 2014 #8

You forgot "bitch" Sweet Freedom May 2014 #15

i kinda see it the seabeyond May 2014 #16

Ewww Sweet Freedom May 2014 #22

omg... two different worlds. lol. and both... men dictating our sexuality. interesting. seabeyond May 2014 #23

I just wonder... theHandpuppet May 2014 #24

i am so glad this woman spoke out. i make this point. every single person ignores it. women? sex? seabeyond May 2014 #5

It's rare, but not THAT rare. davidthegnome May 2014 #6

i dont know if i will read rest. society sex is a taboo subject??? fuggin' for real? we obsessively seabeyond May 2014 #9

Well, if you had read the rest... davidthegnome May 2014 #11

excellent. then david. i will continue on reading. thank you for letting me know. seabeyond May 2014 #12

so why did you say it? your very next sentence proved otherwise. seabeyond May 2014 #13

Maybe I could have used clearer language. davidthegnome May 2014 #14

yes. i get all that. i really do. i have been talking about it for a while now. seabeyond May 2014 #18

For further clarification of my point: davidthegnome May 2014 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond May 2014 #21

I think it goes beyond religion ismnotwasm May 2014 #25

That entitlement is rooted in patriarchal religions theHandpuppet May 2014 #34

Yeah ismnotwasm May 2014 #35

It's like a rolodex of boys clubs. theHandpuppet May 2014 #36

You're right. davidthegnome May 2014 #37

Thank you for this post theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #38

This in the first real paragraph ismnotwasm May 2014 #17

because all men are animals and will fuck anything they can. seabeyond May 2014 #19

I am schooling my twenty something sons about this randys1 May 2014 #26

K&R. Not that all men are planning retaliation for not getting the sex they want, but Dark n Stormy Knight May 2014 #27

Now this, this is fantastic. redqueen May 2014 #28

"I cannot and will not feel sorry for them. " ha ha. i thought the same when i read it. i like your seabeyond May 2014 #29

Yeah, I'm so done being nice about this shit. redqueen May 2014 #30

Andrea Dworkin again ismnotwasm May 2014 #31

Thank you. She put it perfectly. nt redqueen May 2014 #32

dworkin... and again. agree with you both. nt seabeyond May 2014 #33

That speech is one of the most powerful things I have ever read. MadrasT Jun 2014 #39