Self-righteous reactionaries who rap themselves in the comfy flag of lefty/progressive/feminist/radicalism as a means to cover their ignorance and to avoid introspection. Bravo!

DEFINITION OF TERRORISM:
While I agree with Steve Argue that we should generally reject the FBI and its pronouncements, in this case the definition that they offer for "terrorism" is one that is generally agreed upon by the international community. (And I happen to think it's a fairly good definition, too.) It's just that nobody ever applies the definition to their own acts... only to the acts of persons/groups whom they oppose. Convenient, huh? Thus, when "they" plant a roadside bomb, it's terrorism. But when "we" carpetbomb a city (or an entire nation) that's not terrorism. In fact, it's outside the scope of debate: there's not even a moment's thought that we could possibly engage in terrorism.

ABUSERS ARE NOT TERRORISTS:
Accepting the definition as given, it is quite a stretch to place domestic abusers into that category. Unless you are actually going to argue each individual male abuser has as his intent that his abuse against his female partner cause fear and intimidation among the members of the general category of "all women" (or just "all women in that society"), then "he" does not fit the definition.

That "terror" is the reaction to a given act does not thereby make the actor a "terrorist." The actor must have the intent to cause the teror. And it must be an intent to cause terror amongst a (significant) segment of a population, if not the entire population.

Domestic abusers are criminals, but they are NOT terrorists.

And for as much as domestic abusers are usually men who hurt women, PLEASE do not forget about men that abuse their male partners, nor women that abuse their male or female partners.

EARRINGS, ETC:
Body adornment and modification (or mutilation, depending upon your perspective), is extremely common among human groups and societies around the planet. It is practiced by groups where the degree of gender-based differential in power is significant, as well as in groups where this differential is slight.

Among different groups, such adornment and/or modification may be primarily done by men, women, or both, to greater or lesser degrees.

It also may signify rank or class status, and if so, may or may not vary bewteen genders within the same rank/class.

In our own society, one need not look very hard to find folks of various genders who firmly reject patriarchy and simultaneously embrace body adornment and modification... seemingly without contradiction.

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and i said "look at you this morning
you are by far the cutest
but be careful getting coffee
i think these people wanna shoot us
or maybe there's some kind of local
competition here to see
who can be the rudest"

people talk about my image
like i come in two dimensions
like lipstick is a sign of my declining mind
like what i happen to be wearing the day
that someone takes my picture
is my new statement for all of womankind

i wish they could see us now
in leather bras and rubber shorts
like some ridiculous team uniform
for some ridiculous new sport
quick someone call the girl police
and file a report