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	<title>Comments on: The Slut&#160;Vote</title>
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		<title>By: Adelwolf</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1579648</link>
		<dc:creator>Adelwolf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish it was just a Catholic thing, but it isn&#039;t. Some of the more regressive Christian sects believe the same thing. The Quiverfull movement - think the Duggars of reality show fame - are a good example of this, but not the only one.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish it was just a Catholic thing, but it isn&#8217;t. Some of the more regressive Christian sects believe the same thing. The Quiverfull movement &#8211; think the Duggars of reality show fame &#8211; are a good example of this, but not the only one.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve Taylor</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1579387</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 22:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> To the contrary - &quot;pro-life&quot; and &quot;pro-choice&quot; are weasel words. Pro-abortion and anti-abortion describe the actual political and moral argument taking place, but we (particularly Americans) live in a society addicted to euphemisms.

I have no problems with describing myself as &quot;pro-abortion&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> To the contrary &#8211; &#8220;pro-life&#8221; and &#8220;pro-choice&#8221; are weasel words. Pro-abortion and anti-abortion describe the actual political and moral argument taking place, but we (particularly Americans) live in a society addicted to euphemisms.</p>
<p>I have no problems with describing myself as &#8220;pro-abortion&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: ColdHeart322</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578811</link>
		<dc:creator>ColdHeart322</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> I wouldn&#039;t say &quot;prepared&quot; but &quot;able&quot;. From everything I know of japanese train carriages, they are massively over-crowded, so identifying the culprit in any groping is difficult</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> I wouldn&#8217;t say &#8220;prepared&#8221; but &#8220;able&#8221;. From everything I know of japanese train carriages, they are massively over-crowded, so identifying the culprit in any groping is difficult</p>
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		<title>By: chgoliz</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578797</link>
		<dc:creator>chgoliz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, the false reporting rate for rape is virtually nil...much lower than the rate for other crimes.

Something about your post made me think of something I heard a police officer say once: everyone gets mad when they get a ticket and will argue that it&#039;s completely unfair and they shouldn&#039;t have gotten it for one reason or another....but they conveniently forget all the OTHER times they committed the same offense and got away with it.

The number of men getting away with various sexual crimes is a lot higher than we realize, because most of them aren&#039;t reported, let alone caught.  And when they are caught, no matter what they claim, it&#039;s really not their first time.  Just the first time getting caught.

And speaking from experience: groping can really hurt!  I think it&#039;s because the guy doesn&#039;t know how many layers of fabric he might have to fight through, so at least some of them hit you with a death grip.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, the false reporting rate for rape is virtually nil&#8230;much lower than the rate for other crimes.</p>
<p>Something about your post made me think of something I heard a police officer say once: everyone gets mad when they get a ticket and will argue that it&#8217;s completely unfair and they shouldn&#8217;t have gotten it for one reason or another&#8230;.but they conveniently forget all the OTHER times they committed the same offense and got away with it.</p>
<p>The number of men getting away with various sexual crimes is a lot higher than we realize, because most of them aren&#8217;t reported, let alone caught.  And when they are caught, no matter what they claim, it&#8217;s really not their first time.  Just the first time getting caught.</p>
<p>And speaking from experience: groping can really hurt!  I think it&#8217;s because the guy doesn&#8217;t know how many layers of fabric he might have to fight through, so at least some of them hit you with a death grip.</p>
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		<title>By: chgoliz</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578789</link>
		<dc:creator>chgoliz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 23:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, he isn&#039;t a woman, so you have to listen to him, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, he isn&#8217;t a woman, so you have to listen to him, right?</p>
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		<title>By: Jared Welch</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578660</link>
		<dc:creator>Jared Welch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Republicans lost because their losing the Youth thanks ot their idiotic stance son Foreign Policy and Homosexuality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republicans lost because their losing the Youth thanks ot their idiotic stance son Foreign Policy and Homosexuality.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Crumpton</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578489</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Crumpton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think most people use the term conservative differently than you do. Most liberals would agree with you on pretty much everything you said I think.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think most people use the term conservative differently than you do. Most liberals would agree with you on pretty much everything you said I think.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Crumpton</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578488</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Crumpton</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, that will certainly win over the minority and women deficit for the Republicans. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, that will certainly win over the minority and women deficit for the Republicans. </p>
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		<title>By: Ash Menon</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578424</link>
		<dc:creator>Ash Menon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry to interrupt a serious conversation, but the blinking light UI thing got me giggling. 

I wonder how many boyfriends would freak out if their girlfriends suddenly started blinking/beeping in the middle of the night...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry to interrupt a serious conversation, but the blinking light UI thing got me giggling. </p>
<p>I wonder how many boyfriends would freak out if their girlfriends suddenly started blinking/beeping in the middle of the night&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: IronEdithKidd</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1578374</link>
		<dc:creator>IronEdithKidd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Kimmo:  The troll was removed.  He blathered incessantly about how women should only be allowed to abort within a few weeks of the occurrance of pregnancy.  As he posted more, he revealed a treasure-trove of ignorance on the subject of human reproduction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Kimmo:  The troll was removed.  He blathered incessantly about how women should only be allowed to abort within a few weeks of the occurrance of pregnancy.  As he posted more, he revealed a treasure-trove of ignorance on the subject of human reproduction.</p>
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		<title>By: Kimmo</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577997</link>
		<dc:creator>Kimmo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>No idea who you&#039;re replying to thanks to this formatting, but I&#039;m pretty sure they&#039;re human.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No idea who you&#8217;re replying to thanks to this formatting, but I&#8217;m pretty sure they&#8217;re human.</p>
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		<title>By: Peter Hand</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577907</link>
		<dc:creator>Peter Hand</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Now the Twitter account is gone also. I have a feeling it was parody after all. How disappointing!
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Now the Twitter account is gone also. I have a feeling it was parody after all. How disappointing!</p>
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		<title>By: Missy Pants</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577833</link>
		<dc:creator>Missy Pants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have super hormones. I drag the women I work with, who are on the pill, OFF their chemically defined cycles and onto my natural one. All women must bleed when I bleed!

I&#039;m like the worst super-hero ever. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have super hormones. I drag the women I work with, who are on the pill, OFF their chemically defined cycles and onto my natural one. All women must bleed when I bleed!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m like the worst super-hero ever. </p>
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		<title>By: acerplatanoides</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577810</link>
		<dc:creator>acerplatanoides</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> i would really rather you not paint me as a participant or supporter of such a site. It&#039;s a bit of an own-goal. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> i would really rather you not paint me as a participant or supporter of such a site. It&#8217;s a bit of an own-goal. </p>
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		<title>By: Chris Knutson</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577767</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris Knutson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This why we need sex ed in schools, his mommy never explained the birds and bees to him. Poor baby.
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This why we need sex ed in schools, his mommy never explained the birds and bees to him. Poor baby.</p>
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		<title>By: AnthonyC</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577732</link>
		<dc:creator>AnthonyC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> Yeah... that isn&#039;t really how tconfession is supposed to work. The Act of Contrition assumes you&#039;re, you know, contrite.

Not that anyone should ever be contrite for using birth control, of course.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> Yeah&#8230; that isn&#8217;t really how tconfession is supposed to work. The Act of Contrition assumes you&#8217;re, you know, contrite.</p>
<p>Not that anyone should ever be contrite for using birth control, of course.</p>
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		<title>By: merreborn</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577651</link>
		<dc:creator>merreborn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My theory is, religion&#039;s stances on birth control, homosexuality, abortion and &quot;promiscuity&quot; stem from a single goal.  Many religions aim to grow through breeding.  You convince your followers to get married and pump out lots more little catholics/mormons/whatever.  Birth control, abortion, homosexuality, and sex out of wedlock all compromise the goal of producing as many little followers as possible.

This actually extends beyond religions as well; e.g. anti-miscegenation probably stems from a desire to see ones own ethnic group outgrow others.It seems to be a pretty successful strategy, too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My theory is, religion&#8217;s stances on birth control, homosexuality, abortion and &#8220;promiscuity&#8221; stem from a single goal.  Many religions aim to grow through breeding.  You convince your followers to get married and pump out lots more little catholics/mormons/whatever.  Birth control, abortion, homosexuality, and sex out of wedlock all compromise the goal of producing as many little followers as possible.</p>
<p>This actually extends beyond religions as well; e.g. anti-miscegenation probably stems from a desire to see ones own ethnic group outgrow others.It seems to be a pretty successful strategy, too.</p>
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		<title>By: llazy8</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577647</link>
		<dc:creator>llazy8</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Appears the &#039;not a parody&#039; and the &#039;webcache&#039; links both lead to 404&#039;s. Now how will we ever learn this person&#039;s name and what s/he/it looks like in their DMV photo? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Appears the &#8216;not a parody&#8217; and the &#8216;webcache&#8217; links both lead to 404&#8242;s. Now how will we ever learn this person&#8217;s name and what s/he/it looks like in their DMV photo? </p>
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		<title>By: mjfgates</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577638</link>
		<dc:creator>mjfgates</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you enshrine the right to slut in the Constitution, then the makers of condoms, sex toys, and mattresses will be HIRING, no question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you enshrine the right to slut in the Constitution, then the makers of condoms, sex toys, and mattresses will be HIRING, no question.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577620</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So why is this poor Christian Man&#039;s complaint disappearing from the google cache and wordpress and such?  Is he working to suppress his own writing or is someone else doing the  work?  

As a generally liberal supporter of the quaint notion that women are people too, I think the Democrats would want to help this Christian Man Defender spread his message far and wide as long as it&#039;s branded with the GOP label.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So why is this poor Christian Man&#8217;s complaint disappearing from the google cache and wordpress and such?  Is he working to suppress his own writing or is someone else doing the  work?  </p>
<p>As a generally liberal supporter of the quaint notion that women are people too, I think the Democrats would want to help this Christian Man Defender spread his message far and wide as long as it&#8217;s branded with the GOP label.</p>
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		<title>By: acerplatanoides</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577595</link>
		<dc:creator>acerplatanoides</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> that is one way to have read my comment, I agree. I&#039;m no more entitled to the benefit of the doubt than any other one time commenter. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> that is one way to have read my comment, I agree. I&#8217;m no more entitled to the benefit of the doubt than any other one time commenter. </p>
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		<title>By: acerplatanoides</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577592</link>
		<dc:creator>acerplatanoides</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wasn&#039;t disagreeing with a single one of loki&#039;s facts. I&#039;m wondering why I was being targeted for a lecture aimed at me because someones humorometer was off. Thanks for asking.  

If you&#039;re speaking of someone, anyone, they way that site does, you&#039;re not just having a feminism fail. It&#039;s a bit -beyond- that when considering the particular set of humanity represented there. Feminism IS ~one~ available lens from which to judge them, however, that saw cuts both ways. 

So zoom back a bit. Odds are there are several other sorts of -ist that is represented there. I&#039;m wagering he speaks of men, immigrants, and kittens in similarly vile ways. It&#039;s a humanism fail. I still respect that, as a feminist, you&#039;re upset by what was said there. 

But don&#039;t be upset with me, I wasn&#039;t defending or promulgating it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wasn&#8217;t disagreeing with a single one of loki&#8217;s facts. I&#8217;m wondering why I was being targeted for a lecture aimed at me because someones humorometer was off. Thanks for asking.  </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re speaking of someone, anyone, they way that site does, you&#8217;re not just having a feminism fail. It&#8217;s a bit -beyond- that when considering the particular set of humanity represented there. Feminism IS ~one~ available lens from which to judge them, however, that saw cuts both ways. </p>
<p>So zoom back a bit. Odds are there are several other sorts of -ist that is represented there. I&#8217;m wagering he speaks of men, immigrants, and kittens in similarly vile ways. It&#8217;s a humanism fail. I still respect that, as a feminist, you&#8217;re upset by what was said there. </p>
<p>But don&#8217;t be upset with me, I wasn&#8217;t defending or promulgating it.</p>
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		<title>By: acerplatanoides</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577586</link>
		<dc:creator>acerplatanoides</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> @google-0381c785425919c28203f39104971fb8:disqus - No, I;m suggesting that the person I was responding to wanted to abolish a reasonable accomodation to a real problem, but was offering no alternative course nor inkling as to what WOULD work for him/her. 

A.k.a. whingeing. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> @google-0381c785425919c28203f39104971fb8:disqus &#8211; No, I;m suggesting that the person I was responding to wanted to abolish a reasonable accomodation to a real problem, but was offering no alternative course nor inkling as to what WOULD work for him/her. </p>
<p>A.k.a. whingeing. </p>
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		<title>By: Antinous / Moderator</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577566</link>
		<dc:creator>Antinous / Moderator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>St. Paul was the anti-Christ.  It&#039;s a fact.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>St. Paul was the anti-Christ.  It&#8217;s a fact.</p>
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		<title>By: SumAnon</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577549</link>
		<dc:creator>SumAnon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> I heart you so hard</description>
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		<title>By: SumAnon</title>
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		<dc:creator>SumAnon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fun story;
While living and working in Japan, I had the delightful occasion to ride an unfamiliar train line during morning rush hour.  Packed to the brim with Salary men in suits just as cheap as mine, no room to sit, and I&#039;m the only woman in the car.

So of course I get groped.

I yell at the guy in Japanese (&quot;don&#039;t touch me!) and push my way to the other end of the car. While my back is to him, he follows, and grabs me again. I have a bit of a panic attack, scream at him (&quot;Pervert!&quot;), and push/slap him away from me. He turns bright red and the entire train avoids eye contact. 
At the next stop, I&#039;m thrown off the train for making a disturbance. One of the conductors takes the time to stay and scold me for &#039;acting like that in public, don&#039;t I know to sit in the women&#039;s only car? Wouldn&#039;t it be better if I not make trouble? Do I want to have the police called for striking another passenger?&#039;

This is the reason Japan has women only trains. Because I selfishly need my own car, and demand the special treatment of not having someone try to reach up my skirt when I can&#039;t get away.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fun story;<br />
While living and working in Japan, I had the delightful occasion to ride an unfamiliar train line during morning rush hour.  Packed to the brim with Salary men in suits just as cheap as mine, no room to sit, and I&#8217;m the only woman in the car.</p>
<p>So of course I get groped.</p>
<p>I yell at the guy in Japanese (&#8220;don&#8217;t touch me!) and push my way to the other end of the car. While my back is to him, he follows, and grabs me again. I have a bit of a panic attack, scream at him (&#8220;Pervert!&#8221;), and push/slap him away from me. He turns bright red and the entire train avoids eye contact.<br />
At the next stop, I&#8217;m thrown off the train for making a disturbance. One of the conductors takes the time to stay and scold me for &#8216;acting like that in public, don&#8217;t I know to sit in the women&#8217;s only car? Wouldn&#8217;t it be better if I not make trouble? Do I want to have the police called for striking another passenger?&#8217;</p>
<p>This is the reason Japan has women only trains. Because I selfishly need my own car, and demand the special treatment of not having someone try to reach up my skirt when I can&#8217;t get away.</p>
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		<title>By: Missy Pants</title>
		<link>http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/the-slut-vote.html#comment-1577497</link>
		<dc:creator>Missy Pants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If men gave birth they&#039;d have invented a painless way to do it by now. - every Mother.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If men gave birth they&#8217;d have invented a painless way to do it by now. &#8211; every Mother.</p>
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		<title>By: Missy Pants</title>
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		<dc:creator>Missy Pants</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I always say I would love to live in this mythical world the pro-lifers speak of. The world where all pregnancies are planned and wanted, where mothers never get life threatening illness, where all babies develop fully and normally and without illnesses or life threatening conditions, where all babies have two parents, where no one gets raped, where incest doesn&#039;t exist, where no babies die in utero, and there is no need for free clinic services for mamograms, cancer treatment or STDs because apparently they must not exist.

I would seriously love to live in that world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always say I would love to live in this mythical world the pro-lifers speak of. The world where all pregnancies are planned and wanted, where mothers never get life threatening illness, where all babies develop fully and normally and without illnesses or life threatening conditions, where all babies have two parents, where no one gets raped, where incest doesn&#8217;t exist, where no babies die in utero, and there is no need for free clinic services for mamograms, cancer treatment or STDs because apparently they must not exist.</p>
<p>I would seriously love to live in that world.</p>
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		<title>By: Gyrofrog</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gyrofrog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I assume you&#039;re referring to Paul Broun. I didn&#039;t know about him until you mentioned &quot;Broun.&quot;  So, thanks for the introduction (I guess).

I can guess where mister-married-four-times stands on &quot;Defense of Marriage.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I assume you&#8217;re referring to Paul Broun. I didn&#8217;t know about him until you mentioned &#8220;Broun.&#8221;  So, thanks for the introduction (I guess).</p>
<p>I can guess where mister-married-four-times stands on &#8220;Defense of Marriage.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Jeremy Sweeney</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jeremy Sweeney</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Man, I didn&#039;t know the slut vote had people so riled up. Awesome.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Man, I didn&#8217;t know the slut vote had people so riled up. Awesome.</p>
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