True and this will continue to be a larger problem over the next several years. I’m Canadian and I don’t even think our healthcare situation is stable and expanded enough to handle the amount of aging baby boomers. A truly awful choice to have to make :(

There are pros and cons to being an only child, much like there are pros and cons to having a bossy older sister or annoying little brother. :) And there are pros and cons to having only one child, too! Only children might have been rarer in the past, but they will definitely be much more common in the future and…

I’m so sorry! That’s really rough. :(

This was about 90% it in my case. I was firmly against having children and thought I would be a terrible mother with my ex, but it was almost purely because he was such a terrible person and our relationship was so unhealthy. Now, with my partner and our lifestyle (we both work at home), I know I can be a good parent.…

Your story makes me very happy because I thought I didn’t want children, but decided that I would have one with my partner (because he is an amazing husband and will be a wonderful father and our careers mean we both work from home!). I’m still terrified of pregnancy and labour and early years parenting, and I am just…

Wow, Precious is an absolutely stunning woman and I agree—we need to see the full spectrum of transgender relationships publicized! Love is a beautiful thing :)

Exactly!

You felt fine putting everyone else who isn’t a rockstar outdoor cycling enthusiast like you in their place, so just returning the favour. :D

No. Your condescension is very clear.

It is NOT a legitimate question. And in these very comments it has already been explained why it’s not.

I’m in an enthusiastically monogamous relationship with someone who is completely on the same page as I am, and with whom I have fantastically open communication as well... That didn’t stop a random stranger from assaulting me in a bar or one of his friends from groping me at our own fucking BBQ. Both these incidents…

I don’t know what part of the world isn’t steeped in rape culture, but if rape culture is something that you don’t see or if you deny exists, you’re too far behind to ask other people to be responsible for your education. There is a wealth of articles explaining these concepts for people who are actually interested in…

Wow, you sure are terribly invested in finding ways to blame women for their own rape instead of being interested in how enthusiastic consent is communicated.

Cute that you tried to pretend for a second that you weren’t a complete piece of shit rape apologist and that you actually cared about how you might prevent…

And this is why I loudly boycotted and bashed the 50 Shades of Grey novels and movies as voraciously as one can with friends and family and on social media.

Hey genius, I said ask for examples of enthusiastic consent, not ask your potential partner.

Listen you fuck, telling a woman to make efforts to change how she lives her life so that she doesn’t get raped is not the same as telling people to make sure they don’t store valuables in their car.

LOL no shit, Sherlock. It’s ludicrous that women are constantly told that we should anticipate our own rape and change our own lives to try to avoid it. That might be one of the reasons why those suggestions are derided and that is clearly what I was getting at.

Enthusiastic consent is OF COURSE about how to both…

Very true. It’s a narrative that is truly harmful and needs to change.

Where is this being done? In abstinence-only classes? Pick-up forums? GQ Magazine? Best-selling parenting guides? Verses of popular music, dialogue and narratives of television shows and movies?

Because I’m sure as fuck not hearing much about it and I know I’m not the only one.

We’re NOT putting as much effort into…

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