I’m not sure I have a better term, or even a polite euphemism, but I will say that the term “bottom half men/women” kind of makes my skin crawl. And I’m one of the least egalitarian people in the world.
I want to be skeptical of these numbers, because it’s horrific to contemplate. However, the class angle does accord with my anecdotal data sampling. I’ve known several female lawyers who were in bad, even tumultuous relationships that ended in divorce. In no case did they even hint that their usually fellow lawyer ex engaged in violence. Now, maybe they didn’t tell me, but they did tell me a lot of obnoxious things about their exes. Things like infidelity and verbal (but not physical) abuse. And yet I personally know three women who volunteered to me that they had suffered from IPV. One of them was asking for help -- she wanted a lawyer to help her get a restraining order. It’s not my area of expertise, but I did find her someone. Anyhow, one young woman I knew actually had her then live-in boyfriend saw her cat in half and leave the corpse at the entrance to their apartment. None of these were “top half” in terms of wealth or income, though I do consider all three to be excellent humans.
There's something intentionally provocative about "bottom-half." I mostly use it because it's shorter. But I'm also not going to use a euphemism for what is an offensive reality. The differences between the top and bottom are far more vast and measurable than they should be.
That's interesting that your experience aligns with the numbers. My experience certainly doesn't contradict them.
“We simply do not know how many women experience other forms of domestic violence such as emotional abuse, financial sabotage, emotional estrangement from friends and family, or reproductive coercion. We do not know how frequent or severe this abuse is. We don’t know what percentage of women feel they can’t leave without risking violence, poverty, loss of children, reputational harm, job loss, etc.”
Would you be willing to admit to a similar phenomenon regarding male victims of IPV? Or is only abuse when a woman is the victim?
I wonder what proportion of the men to whom you sell your body on OnlyFans would hit a woman? For someone who claims to fight for female dignity, and against male depravity, you sure do have a funny way of showing it.
I’m not sure I have a better term, or even a polite euphemism, but I will say that the term “bottom half men/women” kind of makes my skin crawl. And I’m one of the least egalitarian people in the world.
I want to be skeptical of these numbers, because it’s horrific to contemplate. However, the class angle does accord with my anecdotal data sampling. I’ve known several female lawyers who were in bad, even tumultuous relationships that ended in divorce. In no case did they even hint that their usually fellow lawyer ex engaged in violence. Now, maybe they didn’t tell me, but they did tell me a lot of obnoxious things about their exes. Things like infidelity and verbal (but not physical) abuse. And yet I personally know three women who volunteered to me that they had suffered from IPV. One of them was asking for help -- she wanted a lawyer to help her get a restraining order. It’s not my area of expertise, but I did find her someone. Anyhow, one young woman I knew actually had her then live-in boyfriend saw her cat in half and leave the corpse at the entrance to their apartment. None of these were “top half” in terms of wealth or income, though I do consider all three to be excellent humans.
There's something intentionally provocative about "bottom-half." I mostly use it because it's shorter. But I'm also not going to use a euphemism for what is an offensive reality. The differences between the top and bottom are far more vast and measurable than they should be.
That's interesting that your experience aligns with the numbers. My experience certainly doesn't contradict them.
That’s because the “bottom-half” people are garbage and should be exterminated.
One of the reasons I find pro-marriage policies so revolting. The worst marriages are deadly!
That’s why I looked into it. What exactly are these people pushing and why are bottom-half women saying no?
Not a great number to start my day on, I admit.
“We simply do not know how many women experience other forms of domestic violence such as emotional abuse, financial sabotage, emotional estrangement from friends and family, or reproductive coercion. We do not know how frequent or severe this abuse is. We don’t know what percentage of women feel they can’t leave without risking violence, poverty, loss of children, reputational harm, job loss, etc.”
Would you be willing to admit to a similar phenomenon regarding male victims of IPV? Or is only abuse when a woman is the victim?
I wonder what proportion of the men to whom you sell your body on OnlyFans would hit a woman? For someone who claims to fight for female dignity, and against male depravity, you sure do have a funny way of showing it.