What My Mother Told Me About Bad Men

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Angela Rocco DeCarlo, What My Mother Told Me About Bad Men; Going to a man's hotel alone is rarely a smart choice. Wall Street Journal, Nov 27, 2017 (in the Opinion section).
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wha ... -bad-men-1511730397
http://nation.foxnews.com/2017/1 ... ld-me-about-bad-men

Note:
(a) "Some men are cracked. They weren't raised by actually wolves something definitely went haywire somewhere."
(i) cracked (adj):
"1 a : broken (as by a sharp blow) so that the surface is fissured  <cracked china>
* * *
2 : mentally disturbed : CRAZY"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cracked
(ii) Rome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
(section 2 History: section 2.1.1 Legend of the founding of Rome)

(b) "When my granddaughter Michelle, started high school, I could see the boys were gaga over her. To put her on her guard I explained how things work.  'Mishie,' I said."
(i) gaga (adj)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/gaga
(ii) "I explained how things work"

The present tense in "how things work" followed past tense in "explained": "present tense—general truths": from the Web

* When is truth a countable noun?  See truth: "[count noun] a fact or belief that is accepted as true  <the emergence of scientific truths>  <the fundamental truths about mankind>"
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/truth
(iii)
(A) Michelle (name)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_(name)
(the French feminine form of Michel)

That is why "ch" is pronounced the French way.
(B) "Nicknames for Michelle: Mitchie, Mickie, Mish, Mishi/Michi, Mishy, Shell, Shelly, Shelley, Chelle, Mickey, Mich, Michy, Meko, Mimi, Elle, Ella, Melly, Miley, Mica/Mika. Meesha, Michelley, Michellie"
http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/michelle
(C) The English and Scottish surname Mitchell (now occasionally used as male given name) is also derived from the French male given name Michel.

This may explain some of nicknames in (B).
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My mother was born in Italy in 1903. I doubt she’d ever been in a hotel room in her life. Yet somehow she knew what every woman should know—going to a man’s hotel room alone is rarely a smart choice.

Two years ago our local paper ran a photograph of a teenage girl in a plunging neckline holding a sign: "Instead of body shaming girls, teach boys that girls are not sexual objects." The story, following the notion on the sign, was that girls should be able to appear in any state of undress and no one, especially boys, had any right to react.

Sorry, young lady. The world doesn't work that way. Someone should have told you.

Don't misunderstand. The Hollywood episodes are more about power than carnal attraction, though sex is the objective for sure. The power imbalance in the film business is enormous. It's mostly men pulling the strings, deciding which supplicants get roles, script assignments and other high-demand jobs.

Add to that this: Some men are cracked. They weren't raised by actually wolves something definitely went haywire somewhere. They see females as prey, not just pretties. This is reality and everyone involved should be aware.

When my granddaughter Michelle, started high school, I could see the boys were gaga over her. To put her on her guard I explained how things work.

"Mishie," I said. "You know how babies get excited if you jangle a bunch of keys in front of their faces" They laugh, wave their arms and legs, and act like they want to jump out of their little seats. Well, boys are the same way when they see a beautiful girl.
Don't take it personally."

As a teenage model I had an assignment for a jewelry photo shoot. The stylist gave me a length of satin cloth to wrap around my chest so I could bare my shoulder. After the photographer had taken the shots he wanted a different angle. He tried to reposition the satin cloth.

"I can't let you do that," I said.

"You aren't going to make it as a model with such a silly attitude," he huffed. He was right. I wasn't going to make it, especially if compromising my values was the price.

Don't go to the hotel room alone. If you can't take your mother, take videos.

Me DeCarlo formerly covered culture, travel and entertainment for the Chicago Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal.