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TIL, the late pioneer of feminism and political journalist Gloria Steinem was Christian Bale's stepmother up until his father's death.
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SwissArmyKazoo lemmy.world SwissArmyKazoo@lemmy.world
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RIP Gloria.

May your empowering movement and stance against gender-based segregation in the workplace be a historical impact for the ages!

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sober_monk lemmy.world sober_monk@lemmy.world
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Wasn't he arrested for assaulting women at some point?

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breadsmasher lemmy.world breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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Wasn't he arrested for assaulting women at some point?

source?

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AeronMelon lemmy.world aeronmelon@lemmy.world
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Why would his father’s death cause her to stop being his step-mother?

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Scrambled Eggs lazysoci.al ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al
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Wasn't he arrested for assaulting women at some point?

I think it was family. I remember this story too.

Edit: Charges dropped. No evidence. Everyone happy again..

https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-6694627/Christian-Bale-ends-10-year-family-feud-2008-Dorchester-hotel-row.html

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sober_monk lemmy.world sober_monk@lemmy.world
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I think it was family. I remember this story too. Edit: Charges dropped. No evidence. Everyone happy again.. https://www.dailymail.com/tvshowbiz/article-6694627/Christian-Bale-ends-10-year-family-feud-2008-Dorchester-hotel-row.html

Oh yeah, that was it! Thanks!

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ThePantser sh.itjust.works ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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Why would his father’s death cause her to stop being his step-mother?

Marriage is until death do you part. So she was no longer a step mom at that point. She could still treat him like a son, but she's not legally his step mom.

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Lost_My_Mind lemmy.world Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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Marriage is until death do you part. So she was no longer a step mom at that point. She could still treat him like a son, but she's not legally his step mom.

Thats when they make a pornhub category about you....Help me Batman! I'm stuck in the washing machine!

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SatansMaggotyCumFart piefed.world SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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She also wasn’t a fan of American Psycho.

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GodlessCommie lemmy.world K1nsey6@lemmy.world
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She was CIA sponsored trash

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0x0 infosec.pub 0x0@infosec.pub
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Marriage is until death do you part. So she was no longer a step mom at that point. She could still treat him like a son, but she's not legally his step mom.

Step mom isnt a legal term anywhere that i know of

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sunsofold lemmy.zip sunsofold@lemmy.zip
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There aren't enough guys. We have billions of people. Too many of the ones we have heard of are related.

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Instigate aussie.zone Instigate@aussie.zone
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Step mom isnt a legal term anywhere that i know of

Step-parents are definitely a legal concept in very many jurisdictions with regards to children - they have similar rights and responsibilities to natural parents and can often act as a parent would when interacting with services (schools, hospitals etc.), government agencies, and in general day-to-day life.

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flandish lemmy.world flandish@lemmy.world
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Marriage is until death do you part. So she was no longer a step mom at that point. She could still treat him like a son, but she's not legally his step mom.

that’s not how that works at all. source: my wife died, i fought in court for her rights, against her ex husband, and i won them. i remained a stepdad. until some years later when i adopted one of my sons.

bio dad was such a bigot he hated when i could call him my ex husband. did it anyway.

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200ok lemmy.world 200ok@lemmy.world
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that’s not how that works at all. source: my wife died, i fought in court for her rights, against her ex husband, and i won them. i remained a stepdad. until some years later when i adopted one of my sons. bio dad was such a bigot he hated when i could call him my ex husband. did it anyway.

Your kids are lucky to have you ❤️

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