The difference between Rodger, who killed. and the "everyday sexist" who slaps, grabs, and berates is a difference of degree, not of kind.Finally, do not "other" Rodger by saying he murdered people because he was mentally ill.

Isha, while I appreciate the focus brought on this hashtag, I think you're extremely wrong to characterize "everyday misogyny" as somehow distinct from the misogyny which fueled Rodger's machinations and eventually his killing spree.

Ahem.

POINTING your honour!!!111!1!1!!

Like, as in, wearing clothes? How, exactly, does a "woman" dress?

I think that would be a different look though. To me it looks like she isn't trying to look nice and fitted in a suit, it looks like she's going for a rocker in a suit. So it's a suit, but has some things wrong on purpose for like a more relaxed/I don't care/etc vibe. So if she wanted to go for what you're thinking…

Umm, absolutely. In abusive relationships you cannot stand up for yourself after awhile—the charm, the attraction, and the sex draw you in and by the time you realize your partner doesn't care about you (or, rather, is simply incredibly possessive and controlling) you've already invested your heart. The crime happens…

The Miracle of Life video had exactly the opposite effect on me. Before then I'd found pregnancy pretty cool and interesting. Saw the ultrasound picture of a baby squiggling around—felt pretty sick. Saw childbirth? Vommed in a bin. It was the most disgusting and horrifying thing I have ever seen. And I still…

"And if that doesn't work, sprinkle something in their drink."

I'm glad you got lucky, but assuming everyone naturally is perfectly anal retentively neat, compulsive about eating habits and exercise, everyone shares the same attitudes about how to spend/save money, if they want kids, how to raise said kids they they want them, what kind of music to play, if they're a…

I think it's the complete lack of consent that turns them on.

I'm seeing a lot of people not digging on the wives, sisters, daughters portion, but I don't see it as patriarchal so much as the nature of language. The ad is intended for men, and about sexual violence against women. These are the words referring to female relatives.

No. Portraying the problem as not heavily HEAVILY female-targeted would present a puzzle with missing pieces. that's why this shit is still so rampant. Because they ALWAYS go out of their way to include men. We shouldn't exclude men from assault of a sexual nature; they are victims too. But to frame this as a problem…

While that is absolutely the case, in contrast to cases of cis male on cis female sexual assault, incidents of male sexual assault are less likely to be due to ignorance of what constitutes consent or what constitutes rape. This PSA is clearly intended to educate straight men on consent. While I've never witnessed…

I think it's disturbing that whenever someone brings up male rape statistics they get labeled as an MRA.

Is the omission of sexual assault on males perhaps because the vast majority of sexual assaults are cismales assaulting cisfemales?

Word. It was soooo sleazy. He didn't even pretend to be interested in her as a person, he just got straight down to the booty call. He must do this a lot. Gotta love that sense of entitlement some famous people have! She didn't even say anything like, "OMG! You're so cute, I love you!!!" She was rather calm for a…

It is annoying and is spreading everywhere! The chat is so short and clear, she even says "I'll come back when I'm 18" and he snaps, "If you don't want to meet me, then text me when you do. Bye." Regardless of what people think of the age difference, I know that MOST women would find it extremely creepy for a man you…

No offense, but if you love language you have to accept that language changes. Female versions of profession names with "ienne" or "ette" or "ix" and what have you are in almost all cases considered to be terribly archaic nowadays.