"You" as in the general "you", not you in particular. Sorry if that was unclear. Do you live in a special little world where you can expect to call women catty for getting their backs up about being belittled and not have them respond defensively?

I hope you apply that logic to all your interactions.

Considering the woman tends to end up responsible for the bulk of child-rearing and all of the child-bearing, you need to be really sure that it's what you want or you could end up resenting your husband. Are you going to be ok with a situation where he wants to still go off to work full-time so he can be the "fun…

Me too, I'm straight up honest about it. I did have one guy tell me he didn't want kids either only to try and change my mind a year down the track because he thought "A woman couldn't possibly be serious about not wanting children" so your mileage may vary.

This, totally. I got talking to the husband of an acquaintance the other day and he'd had a few drinks and just started talking about how he loves his son very much and all, but if he had his time over again, he wouldn't be a parent and he doesn't really enjoy being a father. He was just so matter-of-fact and wistful…

35 and never wanted kids. Never seen the appeal and don't have a maternal bone in my body. Everyone has to do what's right for them, kids or no kids. I especially take my hat off to single parents because holy shit, that looks hard. You people are like some kind of superheroes.

Nah, they bring in mega-tourist bucks. They'll be around as long as they're profitable.

Now I really want to meet Prince William so I can ask "Ohmygod, what was Tom Hiddleston like?"

A portrait like that would have got the artist beheaded 400 years ago.

Honestly? I would expect that to be handled the same way, in the same situation (non-native speaker who didn't know any better); told that it's not appropriate language and instructed on what terminology to use in future. What do you suggest, pistols at dawn? Get a grip.

"I don't really enjoy hanging out with men; I don't give a shit about dumb things like sports and Star Trek."

I beg to differ. My 82 year old grandmother is a passionate advocate of gay marriage and will talk politics till your ears fall off and her friends are all the same. They serve dick shaped pasta at their lunches and are the rudest, most hilarious women. I'm 35 and I don't know any of these stereotypical women either.…

Maybe the other women just don't want to put in the effort with her because she's sending off total judgemental dick vibes?

"Waaah, why won't all these women just accept my bitching about how boring women are without getting all shitty about it?"

So bring up the new Wes Anderson film then! No one is forcing you to talk about juicing. It's called steering the conversation. If the people you're talking to are dead set on talking about juicing, then go talk to the interesting people. And I've heard plenty of dude-only conversations where the topic was how much…

Seriously, just wait for a lull in the conversation and then bring up your topic. You don't have to be all "Eh, babies, not interested." I don't have kids or a relationship and I still get on with women fine because even women with babies and relationships have other stuff they want to talk about.

Well since you're a scientist, you should understand the meaning of "confirmation bias" and how this pertains to your situation.

I think women take umbrage at it, because they can never just say "I generally enjoy the company of men more than women", they always have to belittle women at the same time in an effort to make themselves seem not like all the rest of us stupid, vacuous broads who only talk about nail polish and Sex and the City…

I'm the biggest bleeding heart liberal feminist around and I didn't empathise with her at all. I mean, you don't need a crystal ball to realise that carrying around a loaded gun and drinking is going to end in disaster. But then again, I'm not American so the kind of "NEED GUN AT ALL TIMES!" mentality is totally…

There are two?