I see what you're saying, but your entire comment basically qualified what you mean by associating—not conflating—penetration and submission. The article does not do that.

See my other post. But basically: this wasn't a post about BDSM relationships or culture. The comment didn't talk about the complexities of BDSM sex and power plays (which are not true dominance or true submission). It simply made penetration—in the theoretical sense, penetration as a concept I mean—dominance. The…

If you don't think that dominance and submission are creepy, then we're just not going to agree on anything.

But this, to me, is huge. How can we make it clear to people living a million years from now that they should NOT open this box?

"Obviously, different women enjoy strap-on play for different reasons, but some benefits include the feeling of power/domination that comes with being the penetrating partner"

Thinking about a baby being swept away from her mother's arm isn't sad. It transcends sad and enters into a world of tragedy that I can't really comprehend. Even if I have had tragic things happen to me, it doesn't matter because in some ways I can't comprehend tragedy even when it's my own. You know how after some…

A 19-year-old dude pulled over while he was driving home and offered her a ride. She wasn't wandering around "bad neighborhoods" and walking into random buildings.

Yes men deal with this too. Nathaniel Hawthorn writes about it in The Marble Faun. Though it's not about women as much as it is about Roman ruins. He's basically like "Don't go see the Coliseum, just read Byron's description of the Coliseum. It's better that way. And if you go to Rome and see the Coliseum, you'll just…

Right but this article wasn't about the relative morality of their cheating. It was about public reaction to the fact that they cheated.

I think the texian side was fighting to liberate themselves from Mexico. And I use the word "liberate" fairly freely here.

THANK YOU. I was just about to post this. It's like, do people even know what these references actually mean? Do these people not understand that words have actual meanings, agreed upon by everyone that listens to them, and that they can't just decide that a word—like "Alamo"—means whatever they want it to mean? That…

Don't worry, I'm not insulted that you, anonymous internet commenter, think I'm stupid. I am secure enough in my own obviously superior intellect to not be threatened by your misogyn-logic.

Nobody needs to pressure you to be a heterosexual. The culture does that; it's called heteronormativity. In order to be welcoming to non-hetero people, you need to go out of your way.

This is hilariously dumb. There are so many problems with the logic of comparisons here.

Rape doesn't just happen. You know what just happens? Lighting. Snowstorms. Earthquakes.

You can keep more than one thought in your head at the same time, huh? Well congratulations.

There's no "sort of kidnapping" in Beauty and the Beast. It's just plain old kidnapping.

More proof that misogyny is really really stupid.

And people ask why I say shit like "I hate men." 18 men and boys? That is some poisonous masculinity right there.

Well, first of all, where her parents are is beside the point. You don't know that her parents didn't question where she was; you don't know whether they thought she was at a friend's house; you don't know about their reaction. For that matter, you don't know whether they're abusive and deserve to be jailed, too. Her…