You are incorrect. Studies have shown that sexual assault rates are lower in units that do not tolerate sexual harassment.

Because a lot of people see this law as invalid, because people should have free speech.

It can. But that rule isn't often applied.

Can kids consent to sex with eachother?

It is in California. Both can be charged with statutory rape. Not kidding. I don't think both are usually charged, though.

Maybe they wanted her tried as an adult.

There is a lot of variation in maturity among 14-year-olds. And 18-year-olds. The younger partner is not necessarily less mature.

You unapologetically used a racial slur, not towards me, towards someone else. She is the one who deserves the apology, not me.

You have no idea. Really, no idea. Growing up as someone who looked racially ambiguous, all I wanted to do was be treated like a person like everyone else.

Flip is a slur (and I really don't appreciate it, particularly on behalf of friends and family members) and whatever my ancestry, calling someone a member of an ethnic group because they happen to come from that area is also offensive. I do not have any kind of problems with Slavs or all kinds of people from all over…

Well, how many Indian or otherwise not white male actors can you name? Especially American comedians? Not that many, I am guessing.

If you are poor, it is a lot of money. Some people can't pay for birth control pills, which are cheaper per month than one dose of plan B.

Yes! When I saw those pictures on Jez, I said "I don't know who that woman is, but she is not Zooey Deschanel." And I was totally not kidding, I thought they had just mixed up some other dark brunette with her.

Kind of offensive, there. And not all eastern european people are slavic. Having people define your group membership for you/not believe you belong in your own ethnicity/is profoundly alienating, so maybe check your privilege.

I don't know who that woman is, but she ain't Zooey Deschanel.

That's a picture of the terazzo at the Air Force Academy, not Lackland. For some reason, that really bothers me.

We were discussing pap smears in a biology lecture I was auditing, and the female instructor said that pap smears were not uncomfortable and painful. I said "for some women." She continued to press the point, and I finally said, with undergrads. present, not to overshare, but for some of us, they are painful.

The act is mainly civil, but touche.

Thanks for the law lecture. Again, my comment makes clear that I do not have a problem with considering the forethought someone put into a crime.

Reread my comment.