US MARINE: When a girl hits you.

I was sitting across the desk from the child protective services supervisor, who spoke with confidence of things he didn’t know. . . .

The guy laughed at me when I said there’s nothing to do except just turn away. I asked what he’d do if I were a woman and started hitting him in this private interview room. “I’d grab your arms and hold you back,” he said. I countered, “that’s going to be tough for you to explain why I’ll have your handprints and bruises on my arms and there’s not a scratch on you.”

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