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11/13/09
Also: Sarah Haskins fucking rules. #sarahhaskins
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I was 14 and babysitting a two year old who did a runner while I was changing him. The door slammed closed behind me, but clever girl that I am, I managed to climb in a window with the naked two year old. Feeling quite proud of myself for getting back in the house, I went back to changing the kid until their was a knock on the door (small town, police come fast). The obviously very bored police were annoyed that I didn't have any id, being 14 and all. The finally decided I wasn't a teenage mother burglar when I suggested we go to my mom's house 2 blocks away so she could vouch for me.
And the family never had me babysit again. #sarahhaskins
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So, no, women are not safe anywhere, and I'm not sure a call from Rick with Broadview is really going to deter a stalker/violent ex or acquaintance.
Alarms may, however, deter burglars. But instead of portraying that, these ads just play on our fear of men, even though I really doubt they help to deter violent men. #sarahhaskins
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Basically the only reason any of these guys could be breaking in is to rape the women inside and it just seems like there are easier, and less prison-ending, ways to do that than kicking in strangers doors in broad daylight, setting off their obnoxiously loud alarm.
For example, AJ could have just rang the doorbell and claimed he forgot his jacket or something. But maybe he just enjoys the physical challenge. #sarahhaskins
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don't even get me started on her 'university of looking like a caucasian burglar'
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Scruffy half-beard? Check. Hoodie? Check. #sarahhaskins
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I have a garage door opener for my parents' house when I visit. Now, when I go inside, I take the opener with me – the neighborhood has had a sudden spree of people smashing the windows of cars parked in driveways and then using the openers to get into the garage/house. #sarahhaskins
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I just saw a guy who has been reported in my neighborhood as a potential threat. I'm scared!
I just saw a guy who seems to be acting somewhat sketchily. I'm scared!
I just saw a guy. I'm scared!
Honestly, these commercials bring the legitimate down to the outright absurd. #sarahhaskins
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I would be out the back door or in the kitchen with a knife and/or gun.
"Hello Broadview? What? The call is coming from inside the house??!!" #sarahhaskins
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Onto the general idea of being a woman and never being safe: that's so where I'm at this week. I've heard of four assaults on my campus in the last 2 weeks, on the dark streets I walk daily. I'm really freaked out and had a breakdown in a parking garage Wednesday night. All the school seems to say is "be vigilant." As if we women are ever NOT effing vigilant. I'm always vigilant. Being vigilant is exhausting. #sarahhaskins
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But then again, rape statistics don't usually apply to him. #sarahhaskins
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and it pisses me off that I can walk anywhere I want, as long as I have a "big strong" man by my side. #sarahhaskins
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