Reading the history behind the BWS member screen names reminded me of something that happened to my sister-in-law.

She finally got out of a horrible controlling marraige and she opened her own on-line account with AOL.

To celebrate her independence she chose the screen name: JustBngMe

She felt that Just Being Me was making a statement, and did it ever.

She went into a chat room, nothing racy, and all of a sudden she was getting bombarded with suggestive IM's and e-mails from men.

She couldn't figure out why, until one the IM's read: "Just Bang Me. Nice screen name."

So much for her liberating statement. She is very careful and not as creative with her screen names anymore. [Smile]