John Kasich Confused About Why Women Objected To His Sexual Assault Victim-Blaming Comments

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Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said on Sunday that he does not understand the criticism over his comments Friday suggesting that college women should prevent sexual assaults by avoiding parties with alcohol.
In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, the Republican presidential hopeful noted that his own daughters will someday go to college parties where there

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[elialshadowpine]

This, this, this, THIS.

My fiancee omimouse and her husband/my boyfriend louisadkins are trying for baby. Kiddo will also be mine, and we've been talking a fair bit about things we want to make sure for teaching kiddo about consent and etc.

We do want to teach things like that, and make sure kiddo knows that if anyone does something they're not okay with, and they won't stop when asked, then they get an adult. With the note that if they're worried about getting hurt if they ask, then they get an adult ASAP.

We'll be homeschooling* and when I was growing up as a homeschooler, the homeschooling community here was huge. I mean, huge to the point that it was overwhelming to my mother, and we ended up not going very much because it was just too overstimulating for her. We're likely to see if there are smaller gatherings, and specifically look for ones where the other parents are of like minds. Considering the area is fairly progressive, I think that's more possible here than a lot of other places any of us have lived.

The other consent thing I wish to note is that the kid should also be able to say no to adult contact. If kiddo doesn't want a hug or a kiss from someone, we want to teach them to say no and for that no to be respected. If the adult won't back off, kiddo should come get us (and we will chew into the other person for violating consent). That's an area I see overlooked a lot, and it's equally important, because a child should NEVER EVER learn at home that adults can do what they like and that their "no" will be completely ignored. Just... fuck that shit.

We're all aware we are fighting an uphill battle against society, but we want to do the best we can with our child/ren (maybe the latter).

*Note: We aren't homeschooling for religious reasons, but for multiple factors. My primary concern is that there is a high likelihood of kiddo being on the autism spectrum. My sister and I are on different ends on the spectrum and public school would have been hell; I would have been ahead forever, and my sister would have been behind and possibly in special ed. Since most of the adults in the house are on the spectrum, we feel we can better teach a child at home, with assistance perhaps from my family (Mom's a nurse and thus certain sciences like biology are her thing) and maybe volunteers from local progressive homeschool groups as well.

Omi's major concern is how public school failed her and my partner's two daughters. She's been to school both in the Netherlands and in the States, in multiple schools, and the way the Netherlands did things was much more effective and supportive of the children. We don't know of any school like that here in the states, so we are planning on homeschooling, especially as we know we can get assistance for the areas we are weaker in.