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Mr Ferret 75

Mr Ferret 75

Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
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Songbird76 said:
That's exactly it...natural instinct is an excuse. If I see food in a store that looks delicious and I'm hungry, I'm still able to discern that it doesn't belong to me and therefore I have no right to it. It is no different with clothing...just because you are attracted to something or it arouses a certain emotion doesn't mean you get to act on it. And girls can not be held accountable for someone else's actions. I don't know what will make you happy, or sad, or mad, or whatever...it's not my job to make sure you won't feel certain emotions. It's YOUR job to CONTROL your emotions and if you can't, then you should not be unleashed on society. I have a huge problem with the "Boys will be boys" mentality that says boys just aren't capable of controlling themselves or behaving nicely. They are not wild animals. If you do your job as a parent, they most certainly can learn what's appropriate and what's not. My kids didn't learn on their own not to run out in the street. We taught them that it was dangerous. They didn't learn to brush their teeth before bed by themselves...we taught them that that was the expected behavior. If you can teach them not to steal, not to use physical violence, etc, you can teach them not to violate girls' bodies. You think girls don't have those hormones? Do you think they don't notice and attractive male? Yet how often do you hear of a girl grabbing a boy's rear end because she just couldn't help herself? The difference is that it is expected of girls to be polite and demure and to keep their hands to themselves while boys will be boys....they just can't help it? I call shenanigans. Is it confusing and scary to feel all those emotions that you're not used to? Yes...but it doesn't excuse you from following laws and behaving properly.
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Songbird76

Songbird76

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Goofyernmost said:
. No one is blaming females for being to tempting,
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That's where you're wrong, actually...because that's exactly what's been happening. Girls are singled out quite often just for wearing normal clothes and told to go home and change because they are distracting to boys. I can't even count the news articles I've seen...not just schools, but workplaces, too. A woman who worked at a bank...she was attractive and dressed in a skirt and blouse...but she was somewhat well-endowed, and even though her clothes covered everything, her male colleagues were sexually harassing her. She went to management and was told she was too attractive...she should try less flattering clothing. Though the company dress code dictated that she MUST wear a skirt and heels...she was wearing what she was supposed to be wearing, but it was distracting to her male colleagues and rather than telling the men to behave themselves, SHE was at fault for being too attractive. I believe she lost her job.
A 15 year old girl was sent home because her bra strap fell off her shoulder and she was wearing a short-sleeved shirt and you could see the bra strap hanging on her arm...the boys were going crazy at the sight of said strap and couldn't concentrate.
A girl was sent home from senior prom because her dress was too promiscuous...yet 2 other girls had the same exact dress and it was fine because they were not as tall or voluptuous as this girl was...she checked to make sure the dress came down past her fingertips, which was the school rule, and it did. But because she was taller, it showed a bit more leg. Nothing was showing on her body except her legs, and the dress met the length requirements....the 2 other girls were allowed to stay, but she was sent home because it was too attractive and would incite the boys' hormones.
Perhaps when you were in school, and even when your kids were in school, this did not happen, but in the last decade or 2, there has been a huge increase in the number of lawsuits against schools for discrimination against girls for exactly this type of thing, and it's always because "males were distracted" or "couldn't control themselves" because of the girls' attire. When I was a freshman in high school, I clearly remember overhearing a group of boys in science class, comparing my chest size with every other girl in school. I wore baggy sweatshirts and loose-fitting cotton pants, which I safety pinned my waistband to my sweatshirt because boys in my school had a habit of "pantsing" any girl who wore pants with an elastic waistband and if I pinned the waistband to my shirt, the pants wouldn't come down when they pulled. I was ultra conservative in what I wore...I tried to hide the fact that I had any curves whatsoever under my clothes...and yet, the boys still noticed and still discussed my body and compared it to other girls' bodies...it has NOTHING to do with what clothes a girl wears.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Mr Ferret 88 said:
Well his sister is having a daughter sometime in October. I was told that would make me a great uncle . I replied
"I have always been a Great uncle" :D
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Yes, you do display a distinctive swagger and style, that mesmerizes doting nephews and neices . . . :joyfull:

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Songbird76

Songbird76

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MinnieM123 said:
Not to change the daily subjects here, but does anyone have any fun plans for the long Labor Day weekend? We'll do at least one cookout--a steak, and Jack gets the bone, which he loves! (Jack loves summer for all the steak bones he gets. :joyfull: ) We'll hang out, do the usual errands, etc. Plan to get in some walking the woods and some bike riding, too. :)
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When is Labor Day? Is that this weekend? (We obviously don't have the US celebrations here, so we have no special plans...unless you count returning the Harry Potter sweatpants I bought for my son because they are HUGEMUNGOUS.) We do have Stadsfeest this weekend. (City party) There's always a carnival, and some live bands, and usually some activities, but we are not even telling the kids because they will want to go to the carnival and we have a trip to Dublin in a few weeks, and a trip to Disney Paris in October...we don't need to waste money on carni games. Enjoy an extra steak for me!!
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Songbird76 said:
When is Labor Day? Is that this weekend? (We obviously don't have the US celebrations here, so we have no special plans...unless you count returning the Harry Potter sweatpants I bought for my son because they are HUGEMUNGOUS.) We do have Stadsfeest this weekend. (City party) There's always a carnival, and some live bands, and usually some activities, but we are not even telling the kids because they will want to go to the carnival and we have a trip to Dublin in a few weeks, and a trip to Disney Paris in October...we don't need to waste money on carni games. Enjoy an extra steak for me!!
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I will enjoy my steak for you! Happy to oblige. Jack will enjoy his steak bone for you, too! Labor Day is this coming Monday in the U.S.
 
MOXOMUMD

MOXOMUMD

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MinnieM123 said:
Not to change the daily subjects here, but does anyone have any fun plans for the long Labor Day weekend? We'll do at least one cookout--a steak, and Jack gets the bone, which he loves! (Jack loves summer for all the steak bones he gets. :joyfull: ) We'll hang out, do the usual errands, etc. Plan to get in some walking the woods and some bike riding, too. :)
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I'll totally change the subject because that argument needed dropped. We are having a family cookout and putting a new roof and cupola on my mom's garage. It'll look something like this when done.

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MOXOMUMD

MOXOMUMD

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ajrwdwgirl said:
I would like some more fresh tomatoes as well. The farm market has some good bread guys and a doggy baker on Saturdays. So I would like to get some bread for us and some good treats for Kapono.

I think hubs is still planning on the brisket, he hasn't taken it out of the freezer yet. Maybe I will make some mac and cheese (home made, not box) to go with it.
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Can't pass up some good bread! :hungry:
 

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