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When I think about domestic lesbiandom, I imagine two women reading Mary Oliver poetry out loud to each other over a plate of herbed quinoa.
Domestic violence isn’t something that really springs to mind, but apprently, I’m quite wrong.

Lesbians HATE herbed quinoa.

Joking. What I’m wrong about is that, increasingly, domestic violence has become a problem among same sex couples, reaching levels as common, and severe, as those of heterosexual couples.

According to The Times Online:

I know what you’re thinking. ‘Organisations’ is spelled wrong. But The Times Online is a British publication, so shut your mouth, fool.

More importantly, the reason gays are reluctant to come forward and report incidents of abuse is because they fear the discrimination that they will meet from the authorities who come to investigate. That’s why in a momentous step, police in the UK urged those suffering from same-sex partner abuse to come forward and report their abusers to the authorities. Says Assistant Chief Constable Vince Sweeney, of Greater Manchester Police:

Let it be a lesson to you queens in England, and you queenlets all over planet Earth. Love shouldn’t hurt. Unless you want it to.

For some reason, I am reminded of a scene from an episode of Family Guy where the topic of same-sex marriage has come up and basically Peter Griffin supports it, stating that if gays and lesbians want to get married and be miserable like the rest of us, then let them.

I don't think that's what they meant.

Quinoa is the greatest food stuff ever.

Also, it shouldn't be surprising that homosexuals are prone to the same problems in relationships as everyone else. I don't think anyone credible* would claim a cause-effect relationship between the manner in which you use your genitals and what sorts of mental/emotional problems you might have.

*Needed to make sure I excluded Alan Keyes from the discussion.

i know. i just felt compelled.

The last time I dabbled with lesbianism I felt oddly repulsed by herbed quinoa; perhaps there is a connection.

I was aware of this problem. I'm glad the UK coppers are enthusiastic about handling it. Hopefully they will convince the USA's entrenched puritanical hyperchristians that rather than a twisted utopia of lions kissing lambs, it's more realistic to just hope for people kissing eachother more often and beating on eachother less.

Thank you for pointing that out. You beat me to it!

NEWS FLASH: "Gays and lesbians go to the bathroom at levels approaching, or even equaling, heterosexuals!"

You are sO right.
What I'm really concerned about here is this blatant discrimination against Quinoa. What has the world come to ?

Hear ye hear ye. And where are lions kissing lambs? I need to see this.

Goddamn it, now I have to go Google about herbed quinoa. I hope it doesn't come to Wikipedia'ing.

Not that it's necessarily germane to the discussion, but I feel compelled to quote Woody Allen: "The lion may lay down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep."

I was in a little 10 minute play here in the States about harassment and abuse on college campuses. I was the rich girl from Rhode Island who is emotionally abused.... by her girlfriend! "Ooh! Shocker!! Lesbians get hurt too!!" Ugh. I never knew what the big deal was. Why was this supposed to be surprising?!?
Lesbians are people, and lots of people do awful things to each other.

I'm glad someone noticed!

Gay or straight, people are assholes.

I agree with you, but...

Fnarr, fnarrr...

Indeed.

It doesn't really surprise me that the levels of domestic violence among same-sex couples is similar to the level among heterosexual couples. Being an asshole and/or an abuser isn't affected by sexual orientation (or race, or religion, or whatever). There are assholes and abusers in all walks of life.

Of course, the fact that people who are being abused in same-sex couples are afraid to come forward for fear of further abuse in the form of discrimination is pretty shitty. Unfortunately, it's not surprising.

I really hope that, in another decade or so, this kind of thing won't even be an issue. I mean, domestic violence will (unfortunately) always be an issue, but hopefully the sexual orientation thing won't be. People have got to start being cool about it eventually, right?

Quoted for truth. I'm thinking of getting involved with this.

yeah, not suprising, but indeed not something that goes through my mind. And herbed quinoa ? wtf is that ? Looks rather weird from my lil trip to Google Anyway, yeah I really hope people are gonna come out of talk about this regardless of their orientation, without fear what-so-ever.

Ewww!! No one says "Coppers" anymore!!!
Booo!!! Hissss!!!
What are you? A mobster from 1930's chicago?
or perhaps one of Fagins kiddy thieves?
Which is it?

Am I the only person here who doesn't know what quinoa is?

An ancient superfood, duh.

See here.





And oddly enough, I find quinoa and pussy delicious, so maybe your point doesn't stand afterall, SleeperCell!

It's possible I've had this, or it could have just been couscous.

...

I'd kill for some spätzle though...

Quinoa tastes like pussy???
*Rushes out to buy some*

Very troublesome!