Poppie,
Good to hear your comments. I didn't want to sound like I put European Countries into a category of "anything goes." If it sounded that way, I do deeply apologize!
JawJaw,
Thank you. I could NOT have said it better myself. The comments were observations. I did see stuff being done in public across the sea, I had never seen openly displayed in The States. Perhaps I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. I don't know! But ladies I have family I dearly love, overseas. So in no way did [ALL] mean absolute totality. In the future, I'll try to be more careful. If I'm short on time, things are said off the cuff, so to speak. I'm confident Chatty's [ALL] was NOT ALL inclusive, either. I don't believe it was and that's why I agreed. I have known and do know wonderful, awesome, fantastic men: my adoptive dad and husband, are 2 examples. And there are even times when that "gender thing" causes me to get upset with my mate. I guess some of the problem is gender differences????
Humlan, I know it's difficult to prove female rape. There have been a couple school teachers here in the States brought up on charges of molesting their students. But somehow they went to jail any way.
LJ, I've never been a preacher's wife but I've through that
storm. Glad you're okay, now!
Gimster,
Keep smiling; you're a sweetie.
Blessings to everybody! No offense was taken or meant by or from this bigmouth!!!