I didn't mean for my last paragraph to be ad hominem at all, I was just trying to make clear what I see as the problem in your argument. I'm sorry that it sounded like I was being rude—thank you for good faith. It's just that I really do feel like your argument (which I know isn't unusual) perpetuates problematic…

"We as a society, for instance, have deemed that going to work naked is not acceptable, for a variety of reasons (some logical, others not)."

Not that I don't think that Republicans aren't about governing women's bodies, but I do want to point out that this is not about restricting all women's access to abortion. This is about restricting poor women's access to abortion.

There's no special prize for being rich enough to spend 60K$ on your wedding that means you get to be shielded from valid critiques of our class system.

I wish I could do this without feeling like I was taking my life in my hands. I used to do shit like this, but then one day a dude followed me halfway home (I was walking my dog) threatening to rape me, and he was Very Scary. Ever since then I'm like, Holy shit just get the fuck away from that dude. Especially because…

May I ask why you think it's inappropriate for someone to wear shorts and a tank top and flip-flops on a 90+ degree day? Let's just say students, not even the teacher. Is there a reason that students shouldn't dress like that for class?

Sorry, but the dude who follows me around when I walk my dog telling me that what I need is to get raped is not looking to get love from me.

It could also be that people are annoyed that in order for a woman to be on a magazine cover, she has to look a certain way (i.e. like she's been photoshopped to look like a model). Rather than being shocked that beauty and brains can both be present in one person, the irritation then comes from the fact that brains…

I suppose I'm not really thinking about these sentences as punishment. Or, not just as punishment. The dude had child pornography and incited the mother do produce it. I think that incitement to crime ought to be taken more seriously than it is, and I think that 4 years isn't long enough. When he gets out, in four…

I don't think this post is advocating not throwing the book at her, as much as also throwing one at him.

"To claim that men might enjoy pegging because being penetrated is considered submissive is an over-simplification, not an endorsement of a cultural construct. "

To me, words like dominance and submission indicate a kind of forced control: prison guards dominate prisoners, masters dominate slaves, etc. Every single understood practice of BDSM as a kink or lifestyle—as opposed to those relatively rare freak cases like forced slavery, which in my opinion can't be categorized as…

"silicone lube will break down the condom"

Sorry that was supposed to be a response to zegota.

Just because society equates penetration and dominance doesn't make it ok—and doesn't make it not creepy.

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"