@Atomic B: Excellent post.

@mandiandi: And my nephew is an IUD baby ......

@whynotshesaid: Thanks. I screwed up my original comment. (See below.) But you clearly followed my drift. I'm not talking about avoiding vast realms of experience, but very narrow, limited one.

@clevernamehere: and to curiousgeorgiana: I inadvertently implied the opposite of what I was trying to say.

@karelj: Okay: rapists, rape enablers, rape apologists, or simply guys who like to hang out with rapists.

Last paragraph: "The truth is, women can't do anything about this problem. Men are the only ones who can change it .... "

Society doesn't do men any favor, or pay them any compliment, when it tells them they are incapable of restraint or self-control — incapable of not raping, not hollering at women in the street. If I were a man, I'd be insulted by the low expectations.

@jls: This took place on SoCal freeways. At high speeds.

While driving home from work late one Friday night, I was followed/chased/honked at/hollered at by a guy in a semi-tractor-trailer. I crossed THREE county lines before losing him. He nearly killed me. Literally.

@clevernamehere: !!!!!

I run all prospective men friends through a TSA full-body-image scanner.

This app is NOT going to happen, unless iHollaback receives another $9,000 in donations in the next three weeks. Visit the website. Read about it. Pledge — you will not be charged unless the group reachess its goal.

@msmoneypenny: Yessssss!!!

@sensitivitycop: Not sure if this is what you meant about Kelly, but: I think she doesn't think quickly/think on her feet, so to speak. I don't particularly, and it puts me at a serious disadvantage when confronted by rude whack-jobs like LuAnn and Jill. Which is why I don't hang out with them much anymore.

@loosesealbluth: hahahahaha!!! beautiful!

A three-person team takes two years to design a large-sized bra? Working full-time, 40 hours a week each, 120 hours a week total? When the team has all Le Mystere's previous successful styles to use as basic patterns? They don't have to re-invent the wheel over and over again — just change the lace/color/material.

@Kessica: I get that. I just don't like legitimizing that word any more than I like legitimizing "bitch" or "n——-".

Slut: Someone who is having more sex than I am, and better sex, and and with cuter partners.

@hook and line: You just made my day!!!

@Snood: Some years back I lost 70 lbs, taking me to a healthy but far-from-petite size. When I mentioned the weight loss in appointments with several new doctors, their response was unanimous and, well, urgent: "Was that deliberate?"