I scramble to come up with them and the question of the day 30 seconds before the post goes up.

I cannot work out what point you're trying to make. You're suggesting that women should have to be trained to kick someone's ass in order to feel safe? That if they don't know self defense and they feel threatened by intimidating behavior, that's their fault? Do you not think that maybe the more reasonable solution is…

RetroWeirdo: I decided it would be a good idea to sum you up with your own words, just so there's clear documentation of how much of a worthless piece of shit you are.

Most men aren't in danger of being cornered and raped, either. You see, I once told a large, drunk man to go away when he was bothering me. He got angry, broke my nose, and had his fingers inside of me before someone heard my screams.

You're just making shit up to manufacture a way to blame her for his actions. GROW UP.

No, you're an oblivious privileged dude who can't admit he's not an expert on everything.

Okay fucko. I'll roleplay this for you:

Okay fucko. I'm 6'6" tall, weigh 300 lbs and can kickbox. How would you feel if I was drunk, cornered you in a room where you couldn't leave, and then acted like I wanted to fuck you?

Congrats on being yet another clueless douche embarrassment to my gender.

I suggest reading Schrodinger's Rapist. It's a good explanation of this phenomenon. Also, keep in mind that women are taught early and often to be pleasant and inoffensive to others. In a professional environment, especially when you're a minority, there's pressure not to be "the bitch" of the office, an easy enough…

You think it's a delusion of mine that someone would write, and that we would comment, about being uncomfortable and afraid if a coworker, male or female, blocked the way out of their office after hours, for 20 minutes, making comments on their appearance, while drunk on the job?

Why does that matter. He was drunk. On the job. Why is the onus on her?

Oh please. Your comparison is bullshit. She wasn't uncomfortable just because this person was a man - she was uncomfortable because he was drunk, she was alone and could easily be over-powered, and because women GET RAPED in those kinds of situations.

Have your opinion, but do it in a way that doesn't attempt to invalidate the writer's experiences. You are casting doubt on her very real feelings of unease about feeling trapped in her office by a drunk co-worker; intimating that you don't believe it's really happening, because it hasn't happened to YOU. If you…

But that's the problem. Women have to think about the far reaching consequences. No matter what happens, it's the woman's fault, unless it's a child. If he had made a pass at her, does she say no straight out or try to say it gently? If she says no straight out, will he get angry and beat her? If she tries gently,…

this is a time for you to listen, not for you to reject and challenge and question. yes, his mere presence in these circumstances caused fear. yes. this is a true thing. and "c'mon" is disrespectful and entitled. you listen now. shut up and listen. contemplate someone else's perspective, and do not dismiss it because…

Oh my god every new thing you say makes you stupider. Please stop.

Google "raped by coworker."

There's a lot of inherent naïvety in this response, most of all punctuated by the misguided libertarian/conservative mindset that anybody can make it just as long as they pull themselves up their bootstraps and really strive to be exceptional- and really let down by the refusal to acknowledge that people are treated…

How fantastic for you, perhaps that should invalidate her experience and thoughts because it's different from yours.