But if we don't go to college, how will we meet our husbands?
Leonessa1122
Leonessa1122
That is one of my favorite Jezebel comments I've ever read.
Always frustrating when a commenter doesn't read the article. Here's the final paragraph of the full story:
Mother Jones did an interesting article about the now fairly well-established role of lead in the spike in crime during the 70s, and talked about public health epidemics in these terms. I thought this might apply fascinatingly to the obesity epidemic, which is happening everywhere, all at once:
I want to sign a petition. How does one get a petition started?
Along with The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, another text often used to blame the victim in the most highbrow way possible.
Ewww. Fun fact I just learned. Clarence Thomas officiated at Limbaugh's third wedding.
Wait, so the man who has been married four times (now to a woman 32 years younger than him) and who called Sandra Fluke a whore 52 times wants to talk about pervy men and disempowered women? He's so icky.
Um, the seriousness of being in war and having killed human beings warrants a bit of gravitas, a bit of reflection. It isn't the moment to be discussing one's proficiency at video games. If one of our enemies were to brag internationally that XBox had made them better at slaughtering American soldiers, there would…
Then there is comparing murdering people to playing video games. I find it revolting and him to be shallow and out-of-touch:
Most 12 step programs emphasize the concept of "disease" over addiction, anyway. As for people being generally aware of what they can control and what they can't, I refer you to the Serenity Prayer. (I'm not a drum-beating, Big Book thumping 12-stepper, but they are seriously onto something.) As for being firmly in…
If we are kicking around ideas, I guess I would say off the top of my head (sincerely and not snidely), who cares? Do we need a line? If a disease model works to help people cope with any particular kind of compulsive behavior, then why not run with it? I've worked in addictions and spent a lot of time around a lot of…
Here are the substance abuse definitions developed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. They are careful to say that tolerance is typical, but not always present. The important things are escalation and withdrawal, both of which are clearly evident in sex addiction and other process addictions. When it comes to…
If we are kicking around ideas, I guess I would say off the top of my head (sincerely and not snidely), who cares? Do we need a line? If a disease model works to help people cope with any particular kind of compulsive behavior, then why not run with it? I've worked in addictions and spent a lot of time around a lot…
Actual addicts have always been ahead of the curve regarding the nature of addiction, so I defer to their wisdom on these matters. Still, most addictions specialists do accept the definition of addiction as engaging in a behavior compulsively regardless of the consequences to self and others, and to feel powerless to…
Yeah, um, the disease model for addiction far predates the discovery of neural addiction. Back then, they still thought menstrual cramps were all in a lady's pretty little kooky head. And alcoholism was a moral weakness.
Um, yeah. There's so much more to the steps and the notion of a higher power (which many people just make the wisdom of the group) than you imply here. And do diss prayer and meditation—two of the most empirically validated interventions in psychiatric disorders from addiction to ADD to anxiety to depression—is…
Thanks so much for commenting. I think it is really important for scientists to be very aware of how their research is translated by the press. Researching anonymous programs is incredibly challenging—after all, they are anonymous—but it sounds like you found a very creative methodology for getting around some of…
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