It is no lie that young children are violated by men AND women. However, it appears to me that men tend to be in the majority as it relates to sex offenders. Recently, I've had a few short conversations with some men I admire and one thing they've all said has stuck with me- men are needed in the fight to end the sexual exploitation of women and children. For years now the only persons

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I need a man!

3 - Sep
Posted by Adriana

Maybe it is because of the type of literature I was exposed to at an early age, maybe it is because I could spend hours at a time reading about issues that affect women and children around the world, maybe it is because I am a teacher, maybe it is because people tell me things without me asking, maybe it is because... I could go on and on and on, at the end of the day

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On incest and rape in St. Vincent and the Grenadines...

1 - Sep
Posted by Adriana

I am single because I hate men. No, I don't but apparently many people think I do because I have a blog and a Facebook page on which I raise issues that affect women and children. I guess it is wrong for someone to talk about things that affect them personally. I am a woman and I am a mother and a teacher so why won't I focus on issues that affect women and children? Stupse On a more serious

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Why I am Single...

13 - Jun
Posted by Adriana

You've kept your standards high. You've kept your ambition and drive high also. You've done all the things you've wanted to do or you are in the process of completing a few. You look at yourself and you figure, I am ready now. Ready for what

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He is too good to be true.

24 - May
Posted by Adriana

I found this article and decided to save it here. Let me know what you think in the comments below. 10 Reasons Why Most Men Can’t Handle A Deep Woman Rania Naim  Click here for the original post The deeper you are, the harder it becomes for you to find someone who wants to have a relationships with you. You can go out on a lot of dates but at some point the relationship fails

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10 Reasons Why Most Men Can’t Handle A Deep Woman

16 - May
Posted by Adriana

The more and more I talk to women who are working towards purposeful and successful lives is the more I ask myself, "What's the difference between an independent woman and a gold digger?" There really isn't much of a difference

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Independent Woman or Gold Digger?

16 - May
Posted by Adriana

Dating is hard. You never know if to say, "yes" or "No" to an outing. You worry about not liking the person and or being bored to death. Dating is hard when you are alone but it becomes harder when you are trying to do right by a your chil

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Single Parent Dating

2 - May
Posted by Adriana

Never apologize for having life and relationship goals. Goals help us to stay focused and to work towards the things we think we truly deserve. They keep us accountable to ourselves and help us to reject things and people with no means/intentions of making our lives better. Your life goals are the reasons you work as hard as you do, they are perhaps the reasons you seek to better yourself.

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No apologies

15 - Apr
Posted by Adriana

Saluting International Women’s Day 06.MAR.09Thirty-five years ago, International Women’s Day (IWD) was first commemorated in this country.Then, even before the United Nations first observed the event, the women of St.Vincent and the Grenadines, connected with progressive organizations, came together at the Peace Memorial Hall in Kingstown to mark and celebrate the occasion. It was a brave act

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Vincentian Pioneers

25 - Mar
Posted by Adriana

I am sure you have been warned- Tell a lie and you will have to tell another to cover up and then another and another... In short we are never able to tell a single lie, there is bound to be a ripple effect. There is a saying that goes something like this- When yo could hide from a teef yo cyant hide from a liar. Lies have a way of spreading and they spread fast. Gossip mongers love to hear

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The Lies of Men

25 - Mar
Posted by Adriana

As a child I enjoyed reading. I read EVERYTHING! I wasn't forced to read, I just read. I watched T.V. too... lots of it... during school vacations and on weekends. Television on schooldays was a 'luxury'. Today I am glad I read as much as I did, because I often amaze myself and my students when I am able to talk about things that I should know little about. As a teacher of English, I always

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Reading is Fundamental

9 - Mar
Posted by Adriana

Tonight I was talking to this guy who said something about liking the way I think and the fact that I seem to have plans. He doesn't know it but even now at this weird hour in the morning I am still thinking about what he said. I was about thirteen years old when my aunt sent me a book on success, a few years later I plastered the wall of my fifth form classroom with some quotations from the

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I have plans

21 - Jan
Posted by Adriana