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Of three families in this town, this community, were fishing families. most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the main families created a community built around fishing, and this town lived off that industry well into the 20th century. it persisted even when i was here, keeping up the blessing of old catholic fishing traditions like the fleet. these days however, there are fewer and fewer boats to bless. ...

Country eat it. >> anthony: it's like cheesy cornbread! >> peter: yeah. >> anthony: awesome. good meal. so, this was the house of, or, one of the houses of the notorious madame lynch. >> guido: right. exactly. >> anthony: journalist, poet, and author guido rodriguez alcala has written books on paraguay's history. now, who exactly was madame lynch? a murky background would you say? >> guido: there's a lot of talk about that. >> anthony: right. >> guido: somebody say she was a great woman or that she was a very evil one. >> anthony: she came over on the famous trip from france. >> guido: right. ...

Descriptions of crimes this tweeden thing really gets me. i've started to speak publicly about the fact that i, too, am a survivor of childhood rape. and this image is such, it is, it says everything and it's got to be triggering to rape victims about rape conduct tur. shoos she's unconscious, she's been in a war zone, she cannot consent if she's not conscious, the law is very clear about that. it says everything about you know how rape culture says women's bodies are yours to enjoy, use, touch. manipulate, they have no boundaries. so it's a very serious image to me and the thing that offends ...

Use. touch. manipulate. they have no boundaries. so, it's a very serious image to me. and the thing that really offends me about senator franken's apology even though it was clearly kind of written with a lot of input from women and it sounded nominally kind of heartfelt, it infuriates me. it's 2006 when that image took place. it's not 1840. women like me, along with a lot of these women have been very vocal for decades and decades and the lay is very clear touching women against their will when they're unconscious or intoxicated is illegal. a third of women have already been raped or sexually...

>> anthony: over a century ago, provincetown was a hard-working fishing village with multigenerational families of fishermen. >> bo: my name's bo gribbon. my father fished, and i was pretty much raised here my whole life. where i am from, it's who i am. but it used to be like two out of three families in this town, this community, were fishing families. most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> anthony: the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the ...