Under the plans, from 2011 children will be taught from the age of five how to prevent violent relationships”.

I’d like to think that this may help, but I can’t get too optimistic; it is a UK Government initiative after all.

However, he lost tenure for plagiarism later on. Plagiarised one of his co-workers at the same university! (Stoopid)

And even later, died. Apparently, under suspicious circumstances. heheheh. (No, I had nothing to do with it. But I can’t feel sorry for him either.)

Those are among my “haven’t been assaulted enough to really matter” cases – and that’s just the ones I can think of off the top of my head without trying.

But in the statistics, I’d be counted as one of the ‘four in five’ who’ve never been sexually assaulted. I’d also be counted as one of the ‘two in three’ who’ve never been physically assaulted, though I have been. I just don’t talk about it.

When I talk about it with other women, ones like me who “haven’t been assaulted” turn out to have never been sexually assaulted “enough to really matter”.

So we as a society (or societies) need to ask ourselves: does it matter if our daughters, sisters, mothers and wives get strangers’ hands up our skirts?
If twelve year old girls sitting on trains have adult men sitting next to them fondling their thighs, and the girl is too embarassed and scared to know what to do?
Is it acceptable for a lecturer at university to clearly and unambiguously imply that a student has worked as a prostitute?

http://www.adsneeze.com/social/domestic-violence-ads

Coincidentally, it also emphasises how important it is NOT to crossbreed human beings and alien xenomorphs, or so I’ve been told!