Jen Hinson, I do not know what planet Ms. Fields is from, but it seems to me that adult people on her planet are thinking and responsible people.

While people on the planet you live on, although adult, do not have any responsibilities, but a lot of demands at the same time; like children, I would say.

I wonder what has romance to do with women being afraid to report domestic violence or rape? I did not see Ms. Fields saying we need to turn back to those times. Did you?

I also want to understand what friends of yours are you talking about; those who are still underage or those who are over 21?

If you are talking about minors then it is a different topic; they should not be at these parties at the first place, let alone drinking. And obviously if they are drinking then they and the guys who buy alcohol for them are breaking the law.

But this is the whole different issue. So I will assume that you are talking about those who are of legal age and because of it, presumably, are responsible people.

According to you if an adult woman decides to go to a party where she knows that people drink, and getting there she sees that there is a lot of that “peer pressure” that you are talking about, she decides to stay anyway and drink to the point where she does not remember how she ended up in the stranger’s bed she is not responsible for all that.

What? Where am I? Kindergarten? I thought that adult women are responsible for their own actions and because of it they deserve equal rights. What you suggest is that women are as irresponsible as children are, but yet should have the same rights as those who are fully responsible.

This contradicts common sense.

When you decide to go to a party, you make a decision and become responsible from this point for your actions. Nobody can force you to go to the party you will not feel comfortable at.

Will you argue this? Or do you want to tell us that all parties are the same and you “poor” girls, have no choice?

Well, if all the parties are like that then you have yet another adult choice to make; do not go to the parties at all, until you grow up to make your own decisions and until you are able to take some basic adult responsibilities on yourself.

Pavel Lotkov

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Computer science and physics