I am choosing to believe that the interviewees who suggest there might have been consent were not aware of the facts of the case and were just doing garden variety rape culture reflex. Still bad of course, but I can think like that without having a rage ft and breaking my office.

Agreed. Especially since he was convicted. It seems like the tone should be that He threw his life away when he actively harmed another person. The frustration is that the article focuses so much of its sadness on this guys ruined future and not on the real victim of the tragedy.

plus she’s fictional!

Why not “Seemingly decent enough athlete reveals himself to really be a rapey raping rapist who raped someone and is now convicted for rape.”

Okay officially the most terrible thing I have read about this year.

Healthy men do not feel sexual attraction for their daughters. I have no idea how prevalent the unhealthy men are. This is easily the most disturbing article I have read in a while.

Oh for fuck’s sake. If Maple Syrup cured Meningitis , No one in Canada would ever have it.

People who believe in a god like that, do not believe in genes.

no one chose anything. Just to be clear.

The current thinking is epigenetics activated in the womb.

I cannot believe that no one has asked this woman the most important question. When the hell can we see a second season of Sense8????

the F-bomb??!?!? Were the arrested for misdemeanor cursing. WTF??

Seriously though. I swear I read in an article that she claimed that the “Regular piece of equipment thing” was nonsense. Now I am feeling sheepish because I cannot find it and wonder if I imagined her comment. Assuming I am not imagining things, and assuming that what she says is true, then I am still on her side. If…

Um... a magnolia. Are there not a million different brands with a magnolia blossom from above.

School says she regularly uses phone with students. She said that was bullshit.

Re -read the article. She did not allow him to do anything. She left the phone on her desk, left the room for a few minutes, and he decided to be an evil little prick.

I am betting it was a gun show. No background checks there. And No waiting.

Not anymore anyway.

I am pretty sure that actually happened too. I agree that what you are describing is much work. I just consider it part of an overall phenomenon.

Honestly you could say the same thing about blue collar white people who consistently support republican agendas that are counter to their own interests. In the end the world is just full of dumb people.