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[–]our_team_is_winning 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Excellent post and tragic. You see students hurting themselves and you're supposed to intervene. Keeping young people safe is the responsibility of all who work with them. Yet mutilating their bodies and participating in delusional fetishes is NOT on the list of self-harm. Unreal. She cuts her arms = warning sign, needs help. She has lost twenty pounds in the last three weeks = warning sign, needs help. She comes to school with bruises all over her = red flag! Get this girl help! She wants to cut her breasts off = let's celebrate her transition!

[–]msteacherlady[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

There are so many things that bother me about the trans movement, but I have to say this is the thing at the top of my list. I feel so powerless. The SWERF crap gets to me as well. My school is a hub for foster youth, and they are heavily targeted for trafficking. No joke we get notifications of incidents where our girls were accosted or contacted and it happens at least a couple times a year. One of our students was actually taken a few years back. It was awful. I'm truly afraid our ability to intervene is being eroded.

[–]our_team_is_winning 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

My school is a hub for foster youth, and they are heavily targeted for trafficking.

That breaks my heart. And knowing the men who would pay for an abused, underage girl are out there roaming freely, standing in line behind me at the supermarket..... how can any of us feel safe?

[–]msteacherlady[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's another layer that really gets to me. The horror of so many vulnerable girls getting taken guts me the most, but it sickens me that it wouldn't happen at all if there wasn't a demand for their bodies. I don't know any exact statistics, but if every man themselves haven't patronized a trafficked prostitute, then they must at least know someone who has. So many men I know and trust swear they would never buy sex and don't know anyone who has, but they have got to be lying.

[–]our_team_is_winning 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The male sex drive needs to be toned way way down. Imagine being a slave to your penis 24/7. Part of me is disgusted by sex doll robots, but at the same time, maybe they'll save lives? What's sad is a lot of women believe sex workers are there of their own accord and just "regulating" the industry makes it all well and good.

[–]msteacherlady[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I seriously think some men get into such a bad habit of treating libido like sneezing and farting. Pair that with objectification of women and well, here's the sad result.