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probably, since you don’t quantify what you mean my your comments. Why do you feel that ‘life is turning more nasty and brutal’? In what way are people not taking care of themselves? And what ‘burdens’ do you face because of this? A little more info might solicit a few more comments.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,so just in case, the *other* “Brazillian” is a body wax procedure that completely de-hairs ones naughty bits and derrier.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Business hasn’t made it “nearly impossibly for citizens to have children “, they’ve simply been hostile to FEMALE citizens having children AND having jobs. If you’ll remember, it’s only been in the last 30 years or so that women have entered the workforce in any great number. Business is slow to change practices that have worked for decades (if not centuries!). Men have a favored status because, historically, children have been the responsibility of the woman. Men seldom/never had to leave work early to pick the kid up at school, or take them to the doctor, or stay home when they were sick… Now that women are IN the workforce, things will change. Slowly, perhaps almost imperceptably, but they WILL change…eventually. It’s a learning curve and it’ll take a while for family-friendly practices to prove their financial worth.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Since ‘Yo’ is one of the traditional responses to military roll call, I’d guess it began there. Many in our African-American communities have used military service to escape poverty or street violence. Replying ‘Yo’ when someone calls your name becomes ingrained whether it’s your sergeant hollering or your buddy from the ‘hood.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,And how many times have we women been called ‘dyke’ or ‘lezzie’ for not panting with desire at every guy that hits on us? (And if we did, wouldn’t that make us ‘sluts’ and ‘skanks’?) SOME females, like SOME males, simply cannot believe that they aren’t gods gift to the opposite sex. Because being turned down insults their sense of worth they lash out by impugning the other’s sexuality.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,puritanism, plain and simple. The idea that a person by nature was wholly sinful and could achieve good only by severe and unremitting self-discipline. (Which, I suppose, *is* directly related to Pauls flesh v. spririt philosophy) Also in play is the fundamentalist beliefs that sex is for procreation and only acceptable between a husband and wife. Or, more succinctly, sex is fun and anything that’s fun MUST be sinful and a moral wrong.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,The placards are to ensure that there is parking close enough for those who need special consideration, not as a membership card to some fraternity. My neice has limited mobility and does not drive. Usually I or one of her friends will give her a ride to wherever she needs to go. By your criteria, she would have to wait in the car while we went in to do her shopping! Rediculous!
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Are you sure that the teen DIDN’T have a disability? My 22-yr-old neice has an medical issue that makes it impossible for her to walk or stand for more than ten or fifteen minutes at a time. Any longer and she gets severe shooting pains in her muscles. She doesn’t LOOK disabled and she CAN walk just fine, not for long and not very far but unless you knew her you wouldn’t think she had an issue. Is it possible that the teen you saw might have the same disability? And the reason that the trio walked out smiling and laughing is becuase they were in a good mood and not because they were delighted at having “fooled” people? Not all disabilities or debilitations are visible.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,When I moved to the East Coast from the Mountain West, I lost count of how many curious folks asked whether we still had saloons, gun-totin’ cowboys, and yes, electricity and indoor bathrooms. It seems like Geography and Social Studies are the poor bastard step children of ‘a good education’.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Women tend to equate love with sex. (After all, only sluts have sex with men they don’t love!) So our magazines tend to cater to that belief. To most men, sex is just sex and at a remove from emotional attachment. That doesn’t mean they don’t want a loving relationship, just that they compartmentalize better than most women do. My mother always said that men use love to get sex and women use sex to get love.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,Why does everything that’s pretty have to come down to sex?! Sure, plain cotton does the job but satin does too, so what makes the one ‘sexy’ and the other one acceptable? The cut’s the same, so the only difference is the material it’s made out of. The kid sure isn’t thinking ‘Wow, that’s HOT!”, those thoughts are all YOU. The point is that satin underwear is pretty. Case closed. Do little girls NEED pretty underwear? No more than they “need” pretty dresses, pretty blouses, and pretty barrettes for their hair. I suppose you put your kid in prairie dresses and plain cotton?
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I’m guessing it’s because they consider homosexuality to be a choice, not an integral part of how God made the homosexual. And because they believe this, they can tell themselves that they’re fighting immoral BEHAVIOR as opposed to discriminating and being needlessly cruel. They can tell themselves that THEIR actions are different because their ancestors didn’t CHOOSE to be black. They are able to delude themselves into believing that God hates gays and so should they.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I go barefoot almost everywhere that isn’t a “public area” (‘public’ being grocery/stores, movies, cafes, work, etc) and nobody has ever said anything to me. Depending on where you’re at, even some public places accept nekkid feet without comment…like the convenience stores around the lake, outdoor eateries, etc. I suggest that as a rule of thumb – for politness sake, if you (or any average guy) wouldn’t go there without a shirt, don’t go there without shoes.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,your understanding of the Federal Reserve is flawed on several points. First, it is NOT a private corporation. It is a public/private partnership with oversight provided by a Board of Governors, members of which are appointed by the President. What you describe is, in effect, what was originally envisioned for the American banking system by Republican Nelson Aldrich. Democrats favored a reserve system owned and operated by the government that would end Wall Street’s control of American currency supply. The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was a mix of the two. Government oversight and control of privately owned financial institutions.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,I hate giving AND getting. There is no shared emotion, just impersonal physical stimulation. It’s just sex, not lovemaking. I want my husband to make love to me, not just screw my face.
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Name : Mara, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 40, City : Atlanta, State : GA, Country : United States, Occupation : data entry, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,
