I'm incredibly disappointed with you and your choice to take this action. You're benefiting a small group of constituents in your state, which I understand, but you are betraying a wider movement that is based on honesty and honor and principled behavior, in favor of naked despotism, and deceit.

I'm so disappointed in you in your vote. You are effectively stripping ACA subsidies from the American public at a time when we can least afford it. You're hurting us immensely. Shame on you.

I still think fart spray in their face is a great solution for masks...

Isn't that the definition of a militia?

It seems far easier, and convenient to hate men instead. And indeed abuse is abuse, and toxic abusive men should not be tolerated. The patriarchy is real, and has subjugated women since the dawn of humanity. These are true facts, but they are not alone in telling the whole, true story. [6/6]

Is it wrong that we ask women to be similarly accountable? Some %-age of women in the role of the nurturing caregiver sew the seeds of the next generation of male abusers. I am not hateful. I am disappointed that womanhood doesn't take account for this aspect of their collective experience? [5/x]

So no I do not fear and hate women. I follow their lead. In the midst of metoo there was a demand that all men be accountable for the bad behavior of their peers. Rightfully so, men must curb their aggressive toxic peers be it in fraternities, locker rooms or where ever bad behavior exists. [4/x]

"...in this sample of adults who had extreme traumatic experiences of abuse, neglect, and [...] dissociation and cPTSD’s chronic emotion dysregulation appeared to be the core symptoms with strong connections to other DSO and PTSD symptoms." [3/x]

bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

In terms of attachment disorders, anxious and fearful/disorganized attachment styles are a function of the quality of nurturing from the caregiver. [2/x]

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Thread 2: Attachment disorders, CPTSD, "cluster-B personality disorders"- from least impactful, to most severely impactful all of these topics have a common thread with respect to the "nurturing caregiver". The caregiver plays an instrumental role in each. [1/x]

My life, my ability to have healthy attached relationships in all areas of my life has been severely negatively impacted by her behavior, and at almost 60 I am finally coming to grips with this. My heart goes out to the multitudes of men AND women who suffered through a similar experience. [5/5]

So no I don't fear and hate women, but there are some behaviors on the part of women that are deeply triggering for me, especially women (actually people in general) who are avoidant in their attachment style. And I do still hold a lot of disappointment in my mom and how she was. [4/x]

The dysfunction of my family's system was in no small part multi-generational, as moms (and dads but to a lessor extent) impress heir psycho-social dysfunction upon their off spring. Understanding this has allowed me to humanize my mom and her experience, making acceptance easier. [3/x]

I was angry, and bitter, and distrustful, and so on. In this time I was also reading Tara Brach - Radical acceptance and that genre. I came to learn that seeking understanding is transformative. As I sought to understand why my mom was how and who she was, I came to a place of real empathy. [2/x]

Thread1: I hold an M.A. in psych from a respected western university, the social emphasis of which is on social justice. I went in moderately conservative, and completely unknowing about anything regarding feminism. I emerged with a deep respect for women, & their experiences in the world. [1/x]

Thank you. I love and honor your wisdom.

As a child and young teen I was brutalized by my mother on the regular. When she could no longer beat me, she spent the rest of her life berating me. That has left me with a lifetime of struggle to have happy successful relationships with women.

Please tell me again what, or who I fear and why?