Do you know how many attorneys finish law school, take the bar, and then give up practice relatively quickly afterwards? A lot of attorneys go through the process of becoming barred only to find that the traditional practice of law doesn't suit them. This has no bearing on their character or work ethic; it simply…

Oh goodness. As a baseball fan who spent some years in college football country, I missed it so much! The thing that infuriated me was when football fans tried to recruit me to the sport by telling me the best parts had absolutely nothing to do with the game and often involved drinking games and conversations that…

Forgive me if my post was unclear. When I stated that women "figured it out" I wasn't referring to women as the large social group. I meant that the women who sought to have those social changes figured it out. Women who wanted to enter the work force did so. Once there, they were often not welcome. So they figured…

As a bride who had to be convinced to even have a wedding and not just elope, it's nightmareish. "@AllAspectNerd1021 - it's your day! Do what you want!" "really? Well I was thinking about red..." "No. You can't have red in your wedding." blah blah blah. People insist on perpetuating the myth that it's "all about the…

Absolutely! I don't get why we're treating men like it's ok to expect training or some sort of guidebook. As an adult woman, I don't remember getting anything like that. I either had to figure it out or I had to explicitly ask for help. It's hard to muster up sympathy for a group of men feeling sorry that the world…

So why don't the men of our society help other men? When women began gaining power in our society, there was no blueprint or road map. We figured it out. We wanted to be in the work force, men didn't want us there. So once we fought to be there, men weren't jumping through hoops to help us figure it out. You know what…

"But surely a hefty chunk of that weariness comes from the reality that even as many women do surpass men educationally and financially, they're still expected to play the traditionally feminine roles of sympathetic listener and constant encourager. Pay the rent. Make him feel safe. Tell him what to do and how to be.…

"Less than ideal" and "neglectful" are different. Social workers are trained to know the difference. So if the only method of rectifying the situation is removing the child and placing them in a stranger-foster home (rather than say parenting classes, supervision, kinship homes, etc.), then yes that's better than…

Frankly I do think a lot of the parents who put their kids in pageants should be investigated for child neglect. The behavior of a lot of these parents is atrocious. However it's still a big leap to say that pageants = neglect. Just as their are cheer parents and other sport parents who neglect their children due to…

I'm still not entirely sure what to make of the new NYC law considering I keep hearing conflicting reports. But here's an article arguing that the ban is a good thing - http://www.inquisitr.com/288119/bloombergs-formula-ban-is-the-right-move-heres-why/

Maybe someone else can fill me in on how franchises work, but does this owner still have to give some of their profits to Chik-fil-a headquarters?

It's probably just an American thing. Now that you mention it, it seems an inaccurate use of the term, but it is something I hear used all the time around me in common day usage. Honestly it's something I never really thought about. Perhaps it's because Americans tend to use the word "like" too much that we've now…

hahaha I love it! I think the male aversion to "girly" colors is hilarious. The fact that whether or not a man will use/take my stuff is based almost entirely on what color it is, is ridiculous to me

" I may like pink, but I hate pink "girl" tools because they are too small and generally VERY low quality" <——- exactly! I would be more ok with the "girly" tools if they were actually TOOLS! So often they're just crap painted pink so women will buy it (or men will buy it for them). I've even noticed this in sports…

with the exception of actual fashion (clothes, shoes, jewelry...) all of my pink things were bought for me, typically by men. Men look at it and say "oo its pink! [a woman] will like it!" however I do also know some women (like my mother) who buys anything that my father or brothers may want to use in pink so they'll…

I enjoy the color pink, but I generally agree with you. I really resent that in order for it to be female-friendly it has to be pink. I like pink - I also like red, green, blue, yellow...

exactly! When we have to make tools for self defense "girly" and "dainty" in order to get women to even buy them - we have a problem. We have a serious problem. Rather than making crap that focuses more on fashion than function when it is HIGHLY important that it function well, how about we educate women AND men into…

You have a good point - if Americans really looked to every consumer transaction they made to make sure it didn't go to a cause they disagreed with, we'd basically all go back to making our own clothes, food, etc. Slightly impractical. I think it comes down to personal choices. How much does a business's stance on a…

This. So much this. And people supporting the legislation against women will never see the hypocrisy because it isn't about concern over potential children, it's about control over women and keeping them in their place as baby-makers for men.

The article provided a summary and I took the article at its word while still providing acknowledgment that I may not be aware of the full story. I'm glad you have such copious amounts of free time that you can research every issue that piques your interest, but some of us don't. I provided my opinion on a site based…