Comments on: Another “Boy Crisis”?

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:26:34 +0000

I was sitting in a booth all the way in the back. I didn’t ask a question but I talked to Megan for a little while afterwards and got my book signed, hehe. Too bad we didn’t know to look for each other; we probably saw each other at some point.

By: DontFearTheReefer

DontFearTheReefer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 05:29:51 +0000

yes! i was there too! it was SO AWESOME. i was especially impressed with latoya. i talked to megan from jezebel for a bit and was totally tongue tied and nervous. did you ask a question or anything? i probably noticed you but didn’t know who you were.

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 03:28:01 +0000

DFTR, I was. Were you? I’m putting a post up about it soon.

By: DontFearTheReefer

DontFearTheReefer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:13:07 +0000

**not last night, thursday night.

By: DontFearTheReefer

DontFearTheReefer — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:12:31 +0000

sarahMC, in reference to your comment about latoya peterson, were you at the yes means yes reading in DC last night?

By: BrutallyHonestBabes

BrutallyHonestBabes — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:38:33 +0000

@DM: If women actually reported everything that happened to them, we’d need to at least double the police and court systems to handle it all.

If the police did anything more than laugh us out of the station…

By: DangerMouse

DangerMouse — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:07:49 +0000

“Pei-Sze” was read by me as Pie-sized.

Mmmm, pie.

If women actually reported everything that happened to them, we’d need to at least double the police and court systems to handle it all.

By: jdregent

jdregent — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:13:27 +0000

Kivrin — hell no. I didn’t even report my rape as an adult, much less not-rapes as kids. PS — I get you on the “child predator” thing. Interesting when girls start being considered women for the purposes of not considering her a child victim…

By: SarahMC

SarahMC — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 02:31:59 +0000

Kivrin, like I said earlier, society tends to blame girls for the unwanted sexual attention (i.e. harassment/assault) they receive. People think “that’s just the way it is” – that it’s something we’re supposed to put up with or take as a compliment. I do believe it’s taken more seriously when boys are victimized because, as boys, they are “supposed” to be above being treated the way girls are.

By: Kivrin

Kivrin — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:17:08 +0000

BTW, JD Regent, did you or your sister report the inappropriate behavior you experienced at 15 and 13? Because I gather that the only reason the Scarborough guy was talking about the latest sexual predator is because somehow this shit got reported. Do you think that the police and news outlets in general would ignore the story of five 11-to-15 year-old girls who reported sexual harassment? Or do you think that girls do tell their parents, who don’t go to the police or news outlets simply because the victims are daughters instead of sons? (Not trying to be confrontational — I’m honestly interested in how you think this stuff plays out when girls are involved.)