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Prince Andrew Can't Sweat

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Caleo Sun 02-Jan-22 11:27:37

Doing wrong is not black and white even in law.

My own father who of course had never heard of Prince Andrew, could not sweat. My mother , who had never heard of Prince Andrew, told me this when I was was girl . My mother did not explain about the adrenaline thing as she had no medical knowledge, but after Andrew's admission about not sweating . I can understand how hormones are affected by some severe life events. My father was at the Eastern Front during the Great War.

Also in support of Prince Andrew, he probably did not even know that it was illegal or even immoral to shag an unknown and poor seventeen year old girl. Very rich people have odd childhoods, and it takes special efforts by parents and teachers to teach them what real life is.

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 16:55:24

Was Andrew called to give evidence against Epstein and Maxwell?

Why didn’t Giuffrie give evidence against Maxwell ?

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 10-Jan-22 16:53:34

I thought her father took her to London?
My take on people who are trafficked is that they can’t escape from their masters, for instance modern slaves who owe huge amounts to those controlling them and are physically kept captive. I see none of this with VG who was free to come and go (back to the man she was living with).

Parsley3 Mon 10-Jan-22 16:48:59

I agree with your take on this trisher but you are up against the personal experiences of women who were free to choose their sexual partners and can't see the difference.

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 16:44:19

Iam I cannot see an 18 year old as a child.

trisher Mon 10-Jan-22 16:42:13

If Virginia Giuffre had met Prince Andrew in a night club where she had gone for a night out with her friends and they'd got together and had a one night stand I would still think he was a bit sleazy but she was reasonably able to decide for herself.
But she was part of a traficking and prostitution ring at 13, she was then recruited by Maxwell. She was trafficked by Epstein. She was brought to this counry for the purpose of having sex with Epstein's friends, one of whom was PA. She lived in Maxwell's house. She was under 18. She was an abused child.
She only escaped Epstein's influence when she met her husband in 2002 and moved to Australia.

There were numerous cases settled out of court of girls like her. Why would anyone compare the circumstances these girls lived in with girls who are free to decide who they want to have sex with?
As for PA well either he is a completely unaware idiot who didn't know what was going on in which case he should have voluntarily given evidence about Epstein and Maxwell, or he knew quite well what was going on.

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 10-Jan-22 16:38:27

???

Bridgeit Mon 10-Jan-22 16:32:13

So judgemental,
I wish I had not seen , or heard of situations that some of had to endure
But you carry on laughing girls.best wishes one & all

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 16:30:43

*Andrew was not in his 50’s

Iam64 Mon 10-Jan-22 16:28:01

Thanks Galaxy. You aren’t alone in having enjoyed one night stands
I know a number of nuns who have more experience of the reality of child sexual exploitation than some posters here. Never sen any of them shocked by the horrors they work with

Bridgeit Mon 10-Jan-22 16:22:28

Ohh , Ouch, what is it with ladies , meaow?

Galaxy Mon 10-Jan-22 16:18:16

The use of the word nuns or pearl clutchers is used again and again when women discuss boundaries around children and teenagers or even their own boundaries. Its tedious beyond belief. I have had a number of one night stands but currently in my fifties if I had sex with a 17 year old then yeah I would think I was immoral.

MissAdventure Mon 10-Jan-22 16:11:21

It seems it's a case of heaven help us all anyway.
We're either nuns or "no better than we should be".

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 16:09:37

Heaven help them if they did.

MissAdventure Mon 10-Jan-22 16:07:29

I would think it's pretty unlikely, given some of the views expressed here.

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 16:04:07

I hope no woman every posts in this forum to say she had
‘A one night stand’

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 10-Jan-22 15:58:00

Or Sister Bridget from Call the Midwife.

Anniebach Mon 10-Jan-22 15:56:31

This thread is now so amusing, only thing missing is a link to
Julie Andrews singing ‘the hills are alive’

Bridgeit Mon 10-Jan-22 15:25:21

?Exactly

MissAdventure Mon 10-Jan-22 15:21:18

You don't have to be a nun to consider basic decency and respect as an essential for great sex.

Nightsky2 Mon 10-Jan-22 15:13:45

Germanshepherdsmum

*Bridgeit*, if I may say so you sound like a nun.

I was thinking exactly the same.

Peasblossom Mon 10-Jan-22 15:11:31

Thank you.

Bridgeit Mon 10-Jan-22 15:10:03

Apologies accepted ?

Bridgeit Mon 10-Jan-22 15:03:10

As in ‘using ‘ said person

Peasblossom Mon 10-Jan-22 15:02:57

Oh no, egg on face. It wasn’t Bridgeit.

Humble apologies.

It was I lovecheese.

?????????

Peasblossom Mon 10-Jan-22 15:00:48

Sorry, but you did say that any middle aged man who had sex with a teenager was sleazy.

You did you know.

And I very much disagree with you.

Then you said it had to be a ‘relationship’.

And I disagree with that too.

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