Contributory negligence is a real legal doctrine. It means that if a plaintiff acted negligently himself, he can be assessed liability. It’s usually used to reduce damages in personal injury cases - if you have a car accident and you sue the other driver, but you weren’t wearing your seatbelt. If you lost a limb at…

“Dale Friedman, an attorney who has worked for the defense since 2006, told the Sentinel that the district’s outrageous claim was used in an effort to reduce potential damages the district might have to pay out”

We only blamed you for your own molestation because we wanted to spend less money! That’s okay, right?  

Just in case this didn’t crop up here before now.

Except, it’s only women who suffer from having children during this time period. Men can have all the kids they want, because the whole field and process is built around their biological realities and the assumption they have a wifey at home to take care of everything else.

This is heartbreaking. I hate the narrative of “well why didn’t you just go to the police right when it happened?” that people always use to discredit accusers. There are SO MANY REASONS why someone doesn’t go ahead- fear, fucking PTSD and an inability to recount the events because of trauma, FEAR, isolation, no…

“HR will most likely go with the accuser, out of fear of a lawsuit”

It’s very simple: Don’t make SEXIST (not “sexist,” as sexism is a real thing) jokes. Don’t comment on a woman’s looks, body, or imagined sex life. Don’t stare at her tits. Don’t touch her. Speak to her in a professional, polite, friendly manner JUST LIKE YOU’RE ABLE TO PULL OFF WHEN SPEAKING TO MEN.

Similar story in that it happened at my very first real job. In tech. Senior exec 3 levels above me whose office was down the hall, started out just having hallway conversations about how I liked it at the company, really innocent stuff. Then started asking me into his office to chat about my career. That’s all we…

This is ridiculous. How do you interact with your male subordinates? Do you comment on their body? Make subtle innuendo about sexual acts with them? Force them to watch you masturbate? No? Then don’t do it with your female subordinates.

No, it’s passive-egressive behavior. They are shutting women out as punishment for their colleagues’ not being allowed to do whatever they want to them.

You know what you call a woman harassed at work who didn’t report it? EMPLOYED.

Damned trog on Twitter wrote that these women coming forward now are lying and disgusting because they didn’t come forward earlier. Cannot even see the irony in his comment.

So where was he, and the rest of the conservative community when Roger Ailes, and Bill O’reilly were exposed? Oh, that’s right, the were busy painting the women who came forward as money hungry, attention whores. And don’t forget, Trump called Ailes a fine man, and hired him as an advisor.

He’s the endpoint of what our society has worshiped for at least fifty years. Big aggressive rich asshole white guy who loved guns and abusing others.

Oh, passengerpigeon. I don’t even know you, but I know you deserve more than that man. It’s *not* crazy or needy to want the wanting, to ask to feel securely attached, to look forward to a future with someone who loves you. Those are the best things about a relationship. Somebody who makes you feel crazy for…

I find it ironic that these assholes haven’t gotten the lesson that video games have been drilling into our heads since the 80's: Nazis are the bad guys. They have always been the bad guys and, if you support them, then you are a bad person.

I remember there used to be so many WW2 games because it was considered completely morally safe to kill Nazis; they were the ultimate evil and ultimate bad guys.

It’s almost like Trump’s cabinet is filled with grifters and thieves.

So show the man some appreciation and throw your shoes at him.

I think its important to temper this discussion with what can reasonably expected of strangers and how they perceive you. There are plenty of people who are sympathetic towards transgendered persons but simply don’t know the right, most delicate language to use when referring to a person. There also doesn’t seem to be…