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Message: [QUOTE="ThisJustIn, post: 2393564, member: 382"] Sounds like you think all this is new? Have you not been paying attention? Open your eyes and breath, sir. My mother is 84 years old. She grew up in a very wealthy area of Connecticut. Her dad died when she was five and when her mom remarried, he was quite the catch. The principal of a highly regarded private school. He was quite the educator. Beloved by all. And he sexually molested my mother and her sister. I grew up with a fabulous "family structure." Two parents who were honest with me, who trusted me. Who supported and loved me and modeled for me civility, morality and community service. The one rule was that we ate dinner together. And a friend of the family sexually molested me. This. Is. Not. New. There was no mythical past where men were gentlemen and women were not harassed, raped or abused. If you're suddenly horrified you simply have not been paying attention. Or listening. Sorry, men. This is on you. Commit to fixing it. Look in the mirror and say "This will no longer be tolerated. I will treat women with respect. I will tell other men to do so. I will raise sons and nephews to do the same. I will call out my friends and co-workers. I will believe women and I will be part of making a better world for them. A world where they are safer simply because the abuse of women is no longer dismissed or tolerated." End this. [/QUOTE]