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    @Revariance: Oh for fuck's sake, don't act like I'm a party pooping boner killer just because I want to see women treated like more than just an empty hole for you to stick your dick in.

    @Liptons: While I'm aware that sex sells, it's condescending to us all. And to just leave it at that and not argue that something has to change seems...well, socially irresponsible at the very least.

    @Rondogg: No, gross. But look at the behavior thrown Kellan Lutz' way and you begin to slightly understand.

    @cityslicker: I don't appreciate lip service. Those dudes were not half naked with the outline of their dongs showing through their pants, were they? Maybe writhing seductively up against the bars? Had they been, we'd be even.

    I know I'm just gonna get slaughtered for this but as an aspiring comedy writer, I'd like to put in my two cents.

    @MisterS42: Yes, articles that validate your incessant need to objectify women by giving it the "but that chick said it was ok!" greenlight are fucking awesome.

    @Travakh: I'm sure much of her post was crafted to create that very sentiment.

    Ooooh I get it. You're one of those chicks that participates in the subjugation of woman as a means to "get in on the fun" instead of having to think too hard. Booth babes: unnecessary, distracting, and a constant reminder that Capcom, Nyko, Trion, et al see women as decoration.

    @zu_zu: There isn't anyone you could make a heroine that women could look up without making them part of pop culture. Sure, we've all said "moms and sisters and aunts and grandmothers are the real heroes and role models" but unfortunately, the most vulnerable and impressionable minds usually reject that notion.

    @zu_zu: About a billion people have said it publicly. It's about the least original thing to say about gay marriage since "God hates fags".

    @zu_zu: Regardless of whether or not we SHOULD be looking to these people as role models, the fact is, people are shaped by their environment. It's the combination of all the hidden messages we see in media, fiction and otherwise that shape our world view and our understanding of everyone's place in it. I didn't learn

    @wedropscience: Poor woman, nothing. She's a big girl. Big enough to be president of CBS. Something tells me she can take the heat. You have no reason to even assume that she's in any beleaguered position to the extent that she can be labeled "poor woman". We have no reason to feel sorry for her.

    @JennaW: Word. It might be a valid point but it's still just an attempt to take away from what I had to say. Just because a man's knowledge is questioned doesn't mean his capability is. Not so when you're a woman.

    @CrapCommentFromADude: To a certain extent, I'll agree. I've seen dudes try to prove a lot to one another, before. I just think they get more of a benefit of a doubt than I do. I mean, if a guy goes into Best Buy, he doesn't run the risk of the questions being directed at his girlfriend if he doesn't speak up right

    I'm reading all these comments about not being condescended and it suddenly occurred to me, a woman working in the tech industry, how many times I'd gone out of my way to say something that I knew demonstrated my level of knowledge about electronics, just so the salesperson wouldn't direct questions at my boyfriend or

    @nora charles: Way to overreact. You simplified the situation compared to what actually happened, which was my point. What you say is common sense is not so common to other people, especially when they've been viewing a show that does not show the actual extremes that the contestants have gone to. I would imagine

    @nora charles: Summarizing it as simply eating little and exercising a lot is doing a huge disservice to this woman's story. In your effort to blame the victim, you're trivializing the actual experience. This goes far beyond just eating too little and exercising too much.

    Oh bullshit Laurie. We all saw Al on 30 Rock.