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    Thanks for recommending that piece. I just got home and finished reading it, and found it really interesting, full of thoughtful observations I might not have stopped to consider so explicitly.

    I agree with you there :) I don't think anyone should feel entitled to say, well I'm this and so and so should give me the time of day or not. That's just using someone for their own benefit. I wish there was a happy medium in the communication factor. I will admit to being oblivious at times and not reading the…

    Or, they didn't feel like there was a reason to bring it up with you?

    I think you have kind of lost your mind.

    "By comparison they barely exist" = Men are able to call women crazy bitches without ANY social repercussions, ergo, they aren't socially corralled by norms into dealing with this constantly. In addition, they're more physically powerful than women. I'm sorry. Our vulnerability…

    Actually, it is.

    That's the thing about oppressed minorities, Ledah. They're the loudest because they have the most sh*t to shovel.

    I've had it happen to me. Friends of mine have had it happen to them.

    It's called 'my life,' man.

    How about the fact that articles like this always create a total sh*tstorm of activity, with countless women showing up to point at it and say, 'yes, this!' and buckets of guys showing up to rehash the same tired reasons why it can't possibly actually be like that? How about my 32 years of…

    This. Thank you.

    "it probably doesn't happen on the epidemic level these women would have us believe"

    I think this is the first time I've ever seen gaymansplaining.

    Yeah, lots of guys SAY they want direct and honest rejections. And then when they get directly and honestly rejected, it's all women are bitches and women are rude and women deserve to be treated like shit because they don't appreciate nice, polite guys, etc.

    I'm not really sure why you think gay men experiences are identical to women experiences but as one of those unicorn bisexuals you hate/lust after I can tell you gay men are just as capable of being creepy fucking stalkers as straight. I can't tell you how often I've been accused of being a fraud who can't recognize…

    tl;dr "I haven't seen it/experienced it, therefore not only is it not happening, but you're all making it up/experiencing it incorrectly"

    I know there are far worse reasons why being a woman can suck, but man the "Nice Guys" make me really squeamish for some reason... If I had a vagina and was approached in that way I would have a hard time resisting the urge to smack the guy in the face.

    Women are socialized from a very early age to be indirect and to avoid giving offense to others, especially men, even when it puts other people's interests before their own. So they tend to deflect or offer soft "no's" instead.

    Because of this:

    COMMUNITY