Not in superior/subordinate situation at work. Sorry. Too many chances for favoritism. Too many chances for one or the other to use the relationship for personal gain. Too many chances for blackmail. Too much bad moral from it too many chances for a bad breakup and still having to work together. Too many chances for the relationship to go from free will to cohersion.
I hope every woman in America pins this asshole's picture on their refrigerators so they can tell if it's him they're talking to at their Sunday bible study meeting, at their grocery store, or at their online dating site, because if he did it to Katie Hill, he will to it to them next. The photo makes me wonder if he's hugging his cousin.
Also I guess Prometheus here and frankly pretty much everybody is going to keep totally ignoring the fact that if you believe Hill continuing a relationship after she’d hired the campaign aide is abusive by default, you must also realize that having those photos published without her consent is probably heaping trauma upon trauma for her every bit as much as it’s humiliating Hill.
When I first heard about it, I said "who cares?" I felt like it would blow over very quickly. I feel like her idiot husband must have something a lot worse, because Nancy Pelosi let her go very quickly. I kind of wish she'd held her ground, but I guess it was too stressful.
I also hope people harass the shit out of her dipshit husband. I hope he gets booed when he goes to a restaurant.
I know. There must be something more to this if Hill gave up so easily and her peers didn't defend her.
The replacement will likely be another Democrat since that's what the vast majority of folks there voted for.
What annoys me is that all these women are getting harassed and shamed on the Internet and they always end up quitting and letting the bullies win. I'm stick of it! Are not women STRONG? It's hard to prove that you are strong when you always quit!
I know; Often it's for one's sanity & safety and often the harassment included doxxing but GEEZ! How about, "I'm taking a brief hiatus from Twitter" rather than "I'm quitting Twitter"?
Don't these social media things have a BLOCK feature and REPORT features?
I always talk about this but folks see me as victim-blaming, I am not. I'm just sick of women being so cowed by males! Men are only stronger in the upper-body and they're still humans, not Tyrannosaurus Rexes! It's not impossible to pummel a guy if he attacks you! If women are to prove they are equal to men, they need to overcome 10,000 years of "women are jello" programing, control the fight or flight reflex and use her awesome waist-down body strength to destroy an attacker with kicks, stomps, etc.
Muscles are meaningless if one knows what to do.
There are female bears, lions and other mighty mammals who have been able to put the smackdown on otherwise larger and physically-stronger males of their species. If mama bear can trash a male bear then a woman can trash a guy! It's what mammals do!
When the sabre-tooth cat threatened a Paleolithic mom and her kids, like any female mammal, she did her damndest to totally raise Cain on that beast to save her young.
Women and Girls lost that but we can regain that.
Time for harassed gals on the web to use plenty of security features and react to harassers with "Yeah whatever." and slut-shamed female politicians to go "So I'm a sex goddess in an open relationship! So what! If a guy can do it, so can a gal! I don't care if my dumb fugly ex posts everything! I have no shame and I hurt no one! So shut your mouths!".
Her ex will lose! Those wingnut sites will lose! Katie Hill will win! Katie Hill will likely return to politics once all is said and done!
And she called out the double standard and voted on impeachment of Trump!
Apparently, there's a method to her madness. She hasn't given up. She's got a plan.
Also; No one knows what's going on behind the scenes.
Perhaps I shouldn't be too hard on women who are "forced out". In the case of social media, it's usually just a hiatus. I wouldn't be surprised if Daisy Ridley, Kelly Marie Tran and others have already gotten back on social media (I know Leslie Jones did).
I've never been harassed so I don't know what it's like so I really shouldn't judge these gals and if literally every post on one's Twitter, Instagram, etc. is abusive crap, your account is pretty much useless so why bother?
I guess until women can conquer 10,000 years of mental programing by the Patriarchy (making women more prone to quitting, being fearful, easily hurt, etc.), women are just gonna chose the path of least resistance when it comes to fighting back....at least until the culture changes.
All that matters is that a woman fights.
She's going to do some Legal Kung Fu on some hinders!
Have you ever dealt with credible death threats while at the same time, there is a very real chance that the judge presiding over your divorce will be influenced by the negative publicity, nor understanding a polyamorous relationship? Thank goodness she doesn’t have kids for this to be even more or a horror show.
Please stop being dismissive of the various reasons why women you don’t know may choose to remain silent.
You do have a point. I have been thinking it over after writing my stuff. Thanks. I do apologize for being insensitive and I know she has not given up.
I do realize that I was a bit victim-blaming despite not intending to be so. I am sorry.
Not in superior/subordinate situation at work. Sorry. Too many chances for favoritism. Too many chances for one or the other to use the relationship for personal gain. Too many chances for blackmail. Too much bad moral from it too many chances for a bad breakup and still having to work together. Too many chances for the relationship to go from free will to cohersion.
I believe she was threatened with the other photos he has taken.
All the more reason for her to leave it to her constituents then, no?
Also, her relationship predated her hiring as an aide.
I hope every woman in America pins this asshole's picture on their refrigerators so they can tell if it's him they're talking to at their Sunday bible study meeting, at their grocery store, or at their online dating site, because if he did it to Katie Hill, he will to it to them next. The photo makes me wonder if he's hugging his cousin.
Also I guess Prometheus here and frankly pretty much everybody is going to keep totally ignoring the fact that if you believe Hill continuing a relationship after she’d hired the campaign aide is abusive by default, you must also realize that having those photos published without her consent is probably heaping trauma upon trauma for her every bit as much as it’s humiliating Hill.
When I first heard about it, I said "who cares?" I felt like it would blow over very quickly. I feel like her idiot husband must have something a lot worse, because Nancy Pelosi let her go very quickly. I kind of wish she'd held her ground, but I guess it was too stressful.
I also hope people harass the shit out of her dipshit husband. I hope he gets booed when he goes to a restaurant.
I'm sure Ms. Hill will.
It's a shame she gave up so easily but maybe she'll run for office at a later time. Her vow to fight Revenge Porn was her admitting that.
She'll be back. She hasn't quit; She's taking a hiatus.
Victim blaming- tried and true amirite?
edit- should've scrolled down.
GRRGRRAAAGGGHRRTFFFUCKGRRRAAAAAGHURRLGLHAAAAA!
(anything else gets me banhammered)
I know. There must be something more to this if Hill gave up so easily and her peers didn't defend her.
The replacement will likely be another Democrat since that's what the vast majority of folks there voted for.
What annoys me is that all these women are getting harassed and shamed on the Internet and they always end up quitting and letting the bullies win. I'm stick of it! Are not women STRONG? It's hard to prove that you are strong when you always quit!
I know; Often it's for one's sanity & safety and often the harassment included doxxing but GEEZ! How about, "I'm taking a brief hiatus from Twitter" rather than "I'm quitting Twitter"?
Don't these social media things have a BLOCK feature and REPORT features?
I always talk about this but folks see me as victim-blaming, I am not. I'm just sick of women being so cowed by males! Men are only stronger in the upper-body and they're still humans, not Tyrannosaurus Rexes! It's not impossible to pummel a guy if he attacks you! If women are to prove they are equal to men, they need to overcome 10,000 years of "women are jello" programing, control the fight or flight reflex and use her awesome waist-down body strength to destroy an attacker with kicks, stomps, etc.
Muscles are meaningless if one knows what to do.
There are female bears, lions and other mighty mammals who have been able to put the smackdown on otherwise larger and physically-stronger males of their species. If mama bear can trash a male bear then a woman can trash a guy! It's what mammals do!
When the sabre-tooth cat threatened a Paleolithic mom and her kids, like any female mammal, she did her damndest to totally raise Cain on that beast to save her young.
Women and Girls lost that but we can regain that.
Time for harassed gals on the web to use plenty of security features and react to harassers with "Yeah whatever." and slut-shamed female politicians to go "So I'm a sex goddess in an open relationship! So what! If a guy can do it, so can a gal! I don't care if my dumb fugly ex posts everything! I have no shame and I hurt no one! So shut your mouths!".
Good news! At least she isn't a total quitter and she's going to start litigating those turkeys up the wazoo....starting with The Daily FAIL!
https://www.politico.com/ne...
California has very strong anti-Revenge Porn laws and her ex just destroyed himself by pulling this crap.
I won't be surprised if she runs for office again! Maybe this resignation was a temporary measure to relieve some pressure....
https://www.themarysue.com/...
Her ex will lose! Those wingnut sites will lose! Katie Hill will win! Katie Hill will likely return to politics once all is said and done!
And she called out the double standard and voted on impeachment of Trump!
Apparently, there's a method to her madness. She hasn't given up. She's got a plan.
Also; No one knows what's going on behind the scenes.
Perhaps I shouldn't be too hard on women who are "forced out". In the case of social media, it's usually just a hiatus. I wouldn't be surprised if Daisy Ridley, Kelly Marie Tran and others have already gotten back on social media (I know Leslie Jones did).
I've never been harassed so I don't know what it's like so I really shouldn't judge these gals and if literally every post on one's Twitter, Instagram, etc. is abusive crap, your account is pretty much useless so why bother?
I guess until women can conquer 10,000 years of mental programing by the Patriarchy (making women more prone to quitting, being fearful, easily hurt, etc.), women are just gonna chose the path of least resistance when it comes to fighting back....at least until the culture changes.
All that matters is that a woman fights.
She's going to do some Legal Kung Fu on some hinders!
Please stop saying she gave up easily. Thanks.
Have you ever dealt with credible death threats while at the same time, there is a very real chance that the judge presiding over your divorce will be influenced by the negative publicity, nor understanding a polyamorous relationship? Thank goodness she doesn’t have kids for this to be even more or a horror show.
Please stop being dismissive of the various reasons why women you don’t know may choose to remain silent.
I am. I will no longer say she gave up because she didn't. As I learn more and more I realize she's a badass.
You do have a point. I have been thinking it over after writing my stuff. Thanks. I do apologize for being insensitive and I know she has not given up.
I do realize that I was a bit victim-blaming despite not intending to be so. I am sorry.