If they just wanted to look at "real girls" there are plenty of normal-looking women who have voluntarily chosen to post sexy pictures of themselves on websites aimed at horny dudes. These creeps clearly enjoy violating the privacy of women who just wanted to share their photos with friends.

I think a lot of these guys get off on the idea that these women are being basically exposed against their will.

Well, respecting people's bodily integrity is a really important feminist principle. Maybe because of that?

I would like to say that I responded witheringly or otherwise shamed him, but actually I think I just gave him side-eye, ordered shrimp and grits, and tipped only a little less than usual (something like 10-15%). I am a wimp.

You're right - my mistake. That's what I get for feeding a troll.

Um, that's actually the definition of "white" - it's not a color, it's the absence of color.

This is true. He looked at most 35, though, so it's not as if he was just raised in a different era.

Conservative white men who go on about how Dr. King would TOTALLY be on their side if he were alive make me crazy. I wish that ghosts were real just so that Dr. King could personally tell them all to STFU.

Great point. I think it also shows how much violence and anger trans women must experience, for the same reasons.

Oh my God, seriously. At one point when my husband was away on business, I went out to a nice brunch place by myself and was reading the news on my phone. When the waiter came to take my order, he said, pityingly, "It's good you have a phone with the Internet, so that you won't feel so alone." Um, thanks, dude. And…

Yes, but you're not doing away with anything by telling women who have had plastic surgery that they can't be part of the feminist movement. How is that remotely positive?

Right, because high school boys never bully each other. No one is saying that women never treat each other badly. Women are people, and people are often awful to each other. What Callie is saying is that the "women are so mean to each other" stereotype is sexist crap. There is absolutely no evidence to suggest that…

Yes! That was the only thing I found objectionable about this comment.

I'm so sorry. I don't know if this will help, but his comments really do just reflect his own issues and have nothing to do with you. It sucks to have a parent who tries to tear you down, but it isn't your fault. Try to protect yourself as much as you can.

I don't go to a lot of bars, but I've been blatantly groped on the subway by a creep and I've been the target of plenty of other, more minor acts of aggression (catcalling, ogling, a guy who tried to stick his fingers in my mouth as I walked by) while I was completely sober on the street in broad daylight. I had…

I think we need a "Women of the world, tell those morons where to go" manifestus.

I know! You cannot be the Valedictorian of Parenting. Just try to keep your kids alive and spend as much time with them as possible - they'll be okay. (Or they won't, but your kids could still grow up to be serial killers even if you volunteer for everything under the sun.)

Really, she needed to have an epiphany to figure out that it's okay not to volunteer for umpteen random tasks at your kid's school when you already have a demanding job (or even if you don't)? I completely understand that it's difficult to balance your children's needs with the requirements of your job, but this…

I used to work with a guy who was SO MAD that black people, Jews, Asian-Americans, etc., tend to vote for the Democrats. He was sure it was because we're all just ignorant of the party's history. I was like, um, no, it's because most people vote based on a party's current policies, not on what they did decades ago,…