name a scam so prevalent we have forgotten it is one

I'll go first: marriage, when it is for the sake of a) the cessation of loneliness, b) having children as accessories, c) getting the house you couldn't afford alone, d) serving a man hand and foot because it is your sole role and ultimate purpose as a woman. e) buying your woman everything because you are solely a "provider" with a to-do list.

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HootyTheNightOwl

Domestic abuse rights...

They tell you to run from abusive relationships - yet, if you do... you can be found to have intentionally made yourself homeless. It doesn't even matter if you have police reports and social services telling councils that you were living with abuse.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@HootyTheNightOwl i have never heard this before! what are the consequences of making oneseld "intentionally homeless"?

HootyTheNightOwl

@foldedunfolding You don't "qualify" for emergency accommodation - so, if you can't get a place in a refuge (underfunded and in high demand - last time I tried to find a place, there was nowhere suitable within three counties of me)... you're either out on the streets with the rough sleepers or you're forced to return to your abuser.

Women who sleep rough are at increased risk of getting raped. As someone who doesn't feel safe with strange men, I'd feel safer hitch hiking my way down the country with strange men than sleeping out on the streets.

We can provide emergency accommodation for refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine with next to no questions asked... but we can't do the same thing for a survivor of domestic abuse unless she has children.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@HootyTheNightOwl that is WILD..omg i am SO SORRY

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@HootyTheNightOwl Yeah that's not right to do to anyone at all.