He was a bit self-righteous for my tastes. Like the classic “nice guy” who isn’t.

I liked Smith, but Steve is a close second. And Mikhail Baryshnikov is still kind of sexy, even if Alexandr turned out to be an ass.

I did not know about Nixon being an abuser. Wow. Thanks for the information.

She has Secret Service detail assigned to protect her, even from him. And I doubt they see each other enough for anyone to get a beating. Mind you, I do not dispute his violent tendencies, I just don’t think that is the case here.

Ok, I am not getting involved in your argument with whore_of_babylon, but this is gold, and I am stealing it...

I also think that the legalization of prostitution in the Netherlands enables traffickers to hide in plain sight. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of the following (I have only been to your wonderful country once, but I loved it): Legal prostitutes are unionized independent contractors who rent out the window…

I’m so glad someone else said it first!

I really wish that black men (and other men of color) could sit down with white women and make a deal: We will make it our life’s mission to end the patriarchy, and you will make it your life’s mission to end white supremacy. That would leave white men twisting in the wind, with no complicit demographics to help them…

OK, my hypothetical was silly and unrealistic. I think we can agree on that.

So do I.

Also, with BPD, the suffering tends to be externalized. The afflicted person is often perfectly happy making others miserable.

At least Ireland’s momentum is in the right direction. I wish I could say the same for the US.

But if a racist white woman knows that a black woman could be armed, she’s less likely to give her a hard time to begin with. Of course, in my ideal world, black women make the laws, so displays of either misogyny or racism would be grounds for self-defense.

Nope. All women. Because all women deal with this shit.

I have been saying this for a while now. And honestly, I am kinda pissed that stricter gun laws are being made necessary because men can’t handle rejection. Here’s a novel idea: Develop smart gun technology and allow women to carry, but ban men from gun ownership. Yes, I know it’s a violation of Equal Protection and…

Adam Lanza chose not to have anything to do with his father. He was an adult when he killed those kids. And in his case, his mother encouraged his obsession with firearms. She was also a paranoid “prepper.”

Exactly. My father is more of a know-it-all than a sexist, but he does have a sexist streak, one that he probably doesn’t even realize he has.

I am sorry that you went through that, and I am glad that you found a doctor who treated you with kindness, regardless of gender.

My cousin is married to a now-retired male ob-gyn. I know that he went into that field because he felt that, in many if not all cases, he would be dealing with happy mostly healthy patients who are seeing him for a happy occasion. I know several people outside of my family whose kids he delivered and they all rave…

And this is why my gynecologists have always been and will always be women. Because women physicians have worked way too hard for the right to become doctors to do this shit.