Sooo, you're saying essentially this:

Agreed. I consider myself both a feminist and a believer in the power of empirical data. I'm not sure why he(probably) seems to think the two are mutually exclusive?

Sooo, you're saying essentially this:

Sooo, you're saying essentially this:

You must be new here....such measured, thoughtful and well-reasoned comments aren't what we do here.

I mean, I get your point, a fucking lot more resources need to go into pursuing and proving charges of sexual assault, on campus, and everywhere.... But, exonerating someone that's potentially been falsely accused ain't exactly a waste of time either.

You've got it all backwards. The song's about slut shaming, not consent.

Noooo. The whole thing is about him trying to give her cover for the inevitable slut shaming she'll get if she stays. I mean, just fucking God, yes, rape culture is a thing, and it's terrible, but not everything is about rape. You are grasping at, like, one straw.

God, this is just the stupidest god damned thing, and yet here I am, arguing about it. This song isn't about consent or coercion, it's about slut shaming.

I wish I could star this comment multiple times. This is one of those great Rorschach test moments where a bunch of totally otherwise reasonable people will point to it and be like "RAPE CULTURE!!!" and take the opportunity to justify a 3,000 word thinkpiece about the consensus notion of consent and how we've got it…

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Very good point, and I agree.

No, it's not.... re-read the OP's story. She and I both agreed that her friend was irresponsible in her decision making. In this particular case, she procrastinated. I'm not pointing to that as justification for any arbitrary limits or restrictions on abortion, because I don't believe that's good policy, but like I…

I agree, which is why I think there shouldn't be any restrictions whatsoever on abortion... I just think it's irresponsible to wait any longer than necessary after making the decision to terminate.

Your example implies my judgement was in general, rather than specific. Again, to point to the OP's story, her friend knew she couldn't/wouldn't take the baby to term and just procrastinated on getting the procedure done.

Yeah... Cathay Pacific and Korean are the same. Super super accommodating. I'm a bit pissed though because I'm set to lose status on both SQ and CX this year.

That would give you a pretty healthy idea of how technologically advanced the Zlorggg are as a species.

I never claimed to the moral arbiter, nor am I suggesting any arbitrary limits be put on abortion. I support a woman's right to choose, end of sentence. Allowing a fetus to gestate for a significant period of time without good reason (as was the case in OP's scenario) after making the choice to terminate is just…

OK I understand. It admittedly has been many years since my last statistics class.... but you explained my point for me essentially, vis a vis increasing sample size relative to the possible number of outcomes. I was drawing on vague memories of college stats classes and not clearly explaining the notion I had in my…

That's not accurate. I support her right to choice, but I also think the choice she made was an irresponsible one. If you're pregnant and you can't/don't intend to take it to term, you have a moral obligation to terminate the pregnancy as early as possible. Abortion is not a morally black and white issue, there are…