My understanding is that in most countries with paid leave, that leave is covered by universal insurance which is paid for by taxation, not by individual companies. Furthermore, temporary employees are brought in to cover the maternity leave, rather than heaping that employee’s responsibilities on the rest of the…

I don’t know if it’s the same article, but I’ve definitely read things along those lines. And lots of people agree. It’s really hurtful to me, because I can’t help it. I’ve tried it all, and there’s no way for me to increase my sex drive at this point. I just don’t think going without sex when you want it is…

It made sense to me. I’m glad you have been able to get to that point with her. It seems like people with low/no sex drives are so stigmatized and society seems to automatically assume that we must change or our partners have the right to cheat/leave. I have the same fear regarding emotional attachment and polyamory.…

I totally get this. I don’t hate sex but my hormones are fucked up and I’m only interested when I’m ovulating. The rest of the time, I’m completely uninterested and forcing the issue just makes me resentful. Sex when you don’t want it is torture. No one that loves me should ask that of me. Question, if you don’t have…

It drives me bananas when people address stuff like that. I actually signed up for a zoo membership under my name and put him as the secondary and immediately we started getting mail from them for Mr. & Mrs. Hisfirst Hislast. What the actual fuck?

I understand wanting to share a last name with your kids. It is convenient. What I don’t understand is automatically assuming that it’s the woman who must change in order to have the same name as her kids. Nope, my kids have my name. Suck it patriarchy!

Our kids have my last name and his last as their legal middle name. It works great for us. Some people give us the side eye but I don’t really care.

In the U.S. right now, the dieting trend is low-carb, and the anti-grain Paleo diet has gained a lot of traction. So pasta is the enemy.

That movie literally made me cry until I threw up. I didn’t even have the excuse of a recent breakup. WTF.

The entire appeal of red velvet cake is the cream cheese frosting. So unless the drink has cream cheese frosting in it, I’m out.

It is extremely rare, usually done for medical reasons, and in most states already illegal after the 23-26 week mark. Or not illegal but hard to obtain because there are no clinics that do them. I think the critical difference is moving it back to the 20 week mark. Women have a level II ultrasound at 18-20 weeks to…

I always buy the cheapest shaving gel at Target. Lately, the Up & Up men's shave gel has been about 50 cents less per can than the women's. It's the exact same stuff.

Wow, you just described EXACTLY how I feel. I did wear makeup a bit in the past, but I was never good at applying it and never had great results. I have sensitive skin so my skin is much healthier if I don't wear makeup at all. I've always worn my hair long and loose. I am completely incompetent at styling it. I…

My vaginal birth recovery was way worse than my csection. Way, way, way worse. The women who are jogging 5 days later are a very small minority.

Women will start wearing properly sized bras when stores start carrying bras in a wider range of sizes. Almost every woman I know who has been sized has a DD cup or larger, yet these are almost impossible to find except at Nordstrom and online.

I had a breast reduction when I was 18. I'm not sure on my size, since I was never properly sized, but I wore DDDs because that was the biggest size they had in the store. My breasts were saggy. It was one of the things I hated the most about them. Saggy and floppy breasts as a teenager absolutely sucks. I wear…

I felt the same way. The book was enjoyable but not believable for me.

Umm, chilis has a black bean burger you can sub for any of the burgers on their menu.

Umm, I don't eat there, obviously, because they don't carry anything vegetarian, but it might be nice to have the option to eat at a restaurant that is ubiquitous when I'm traveling or with other people.

Sorry, I hadn't been able to come back to the page until now. I buy the broccoli fries from the frozen section at Target; they're made by Peas of Mind. They are actually pureed broccoli mixed with potato starch and molded into fry shape. Not as healthy as pure broccoli, but better than regular potato fries and it…