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As I see it, NAP is the only basis by which to judge others' actions, and is the foundation for what I'd consider an honorable personal moral code. What I mean is that I might have a moral belief regarding premarital sex but I have no rational grounds to pass judgment on others on that issue. I can only let my own actions be guided by it. Issues
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If you can quit and leave or get fired and leave, you're not a slave. If you can't, you're a slave.
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No problem. Honestly, I don't think it has to do with being a woman. You can set yourself up for being a victim no matter who you are. I never felt that I was at a disadvantage due to my gender even in workplaces like that. My misfortune was a product of my having walked into the corner I got trapped into; at times that I've avoided the trap
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No problem! It's been (counts on fingers) 16 years. Well, in my case it was a simple enough process. It was a restaurant job. Whenever I went downstairs to get a customer's beer, he'd follow me and lock the door behind him. He was the owner's brother. "You'd better be quiet or you'll get fired" is pretty straightforward
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There's another element to situations like those. Where the woman is overpowered and/or overawed she is usually there and pondering consent because she has something to gain from it. Whether she says yes or no may not be related to whether she likes the idea, but rather whether she places great value on what she might get out of saying yes as opposed
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Now, wait. I don't think you understood me. I don't suggest that resisting arrest (as in using violence or running away) is necessary. I suggest that the verbal nonconsent is the important part.
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Yep. It doesn't seem like rocket science. I mean, if I can see this, so can other women. If I’d had the least bit of gumption I’d have given the man a good scar, but I was idiotically meek as a teenager. I was fully aware that I was not effectively standing up for myself in spite of the fact that I’d begged him to stop. Although
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As a woman, and as a former victim of sexual abuse that falls under this category, my personal experience may be illuminating. In my case, I was young and trusting, and he was a supervisor. I was outweighed and in a position of implied obligation to consent. I was the victim of coercion. I said no. I did not take sufficiently strong action to avoid
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I'm aware of a feminist core (probably bigger in the 70's and maybe 80's, but still there) that believes that what they perceive as x number of years of patriarchal domination needs to be "balanced" by an equal number of years of matriarchal domination. In that particular language, it's often acknowledged that there are negatives
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Depends what you've got on your taxes. I'm no accountant, so I like to use a program that will advise me which option will be better; if you're claiming any interest on home loans, school loans, etc., I imagine it'd usually be better to itemize. Itemizing has been better for me since we bought a house. I use HR Block's online thingy