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A revealing look at the puritanical twists & turns of patriarchal purity piracy. Photo by   Daniel Jensen   on  Unsplash . Originally published on Medium . Disclaimer : The essay I have written below is of my favorite type. It blends my love of history, facts, and satire. Otherwise, I like writing in the best boring dissertation style possible. Sadly, boring does not always suffice. I must warn you however, that my satire is very flexible, and not always recognizable as satire at first blush. I like sneaking into some of it. Also when I write in the first person, it may not be me alone I am referring to; it can be men in general. Essay Pertinent Background:   While   I may not be the best male dude to write about women, my knowledge is likely more personally informed than most other White men, and this essay is mostly   mansplaining men , and their views of women’s place in society. I write from the perspective of having 2 twenty-something daughters, an...

Photo by   Natalie Dator   on  Unsplash . First published on Medium . . Enormous gun numbers do not lie, many more Americans do die. . As a gentle stream flows nearby your home, nearly all your neighbors, and other townsfolk, can enjoy its sensible capacity. The smaller children are kept away from it except with supervision, but everyone else can sit by, or wade in without much worry. Much like before the heavy weapon crazy days of the last quarter century, when the nation of the   2nd Amendment   was considerably more restrained in its massive killing results. Yet, when the clouds release their munitions today, it is an overflowing torrent, where almost no one is safe… . Massive Mass Shootings :   Boulder   CO,   Atlanta *, El Paso, Virginia Beach, Santa Fe, Pittsburgh, Thousand Oaks, Stoneman Douglas, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, Orlando, San Bernardino, Navy Yard DC, Aurora CO, Newtown, Geneva County AL, Binghamton NY, Fort Hood, Virginia Tec...