Yesterday I wrote a pretty difficult post.  About an issue that I have never seen addressed anywhere else.  An issue that I happen to know is affecting young women right now.

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Photo by dskiado

About father’s who check out women in front of their daughters.  About men who check out girls who are barely in high school.

While people are absolutely free to disagree with anything I write, I had two detractors that didn’t so much as disagree with me as accuse me of writing about my own issues.

My polite detractor essentially told me that I was making a mountain out of a molehill.  My less-than-polite detractor accused me of being mentally and emotionally underdeveloped.  And young…I was accused of being young.

‘Don’t preach to me about your issues!’

Well, he actually said “reader-base”.  Don’t preach to my reader-base about my issues.  But the very very interesting thing is that he absolutely meant “me”.

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There is a special bond between fathers and daughters.

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Photo by twnklmoon

It’s hard to explain, really, but as a daughter you know that you can trust your daddy 100%.  As a daughter you know that your father can do anything – that he can slay monsters and right wrongs – that he is the smartest bestest most awesomest person in the world.  That faith is absolute.

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard “No one reads these, the contract is a simple formality.”  Usually the speaker is downright incredulous that I am even bothering.

No Paddle by Caveman 92223

No Paddle by Caveman 92223

Like the time I insisted on reading every sentence of our closing documents for purchasing the Love Bungalow.

Or the paperwork I signed to contract with a placement agency for legal professionals which had a surprise gotcha! clause that stated you were responsible for reimbursing the company your placement fee if you quit within 6 months.  (”Oh, but we never enforce that!”)

And did you know that Banfield Veterinary Clinics will automatically charge you 50 cents for their Banfield Charity unless you check the little box that is buried in the half page of legalese?

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