So awful. When people tell me that rape culture doesn't exist, or teaching boys about consent isn't important, I think about how common gang rapes are. These guys all made the same horrific decision - committed a horrific act - together. They supported each other. They all come from a mentality of "this is an ok thing…

None of them are supposed to drink, but all of them did, and you blame the girl. That's some brass balls. Years ago I was beaten and raped by straight boys when I had just left a gay bar. What wrong did I do to pull this on me? Go ahead and tell me, you seem to have the knowledge of what people do wrong an what…

I made the mistake of reading it, too. Why is "where were the parents?" always the response? The entire point of parenting is to raise your children so they behave like decent human beings when you're not around. So that just seems like an insanely stupid question most of the time.

Haha, crying wolf? Yeah, I'm sure she gave permission for a group of guys to do whatever one has to do to cause "sunstantial trauma" to her vagina. Sounds totally consensual to me.

GAH I KNOW. I would love to just shadow another parent of a toddler for a few days. Even on the rare occasions I have a playdate with my other mom friends (I work FT and spend weekends with my family) there are so many moments where I think "whoa, you can DO that?" and "holy shit, that worked?!?!"

This is a little weird. Others have commented that the camera is likely clipped to the mirror, which is safer, but still weird. Possibly weirder.

Yes I can.

I really enjoyed the kid saying that the dial-up modem sounds resemble music today.

Yeah, but these kids will never know the magic of a mixtape, or of trying to find the track you want, or of just listening to an album halfway through and having to flip the tape.

You're confusing the issue of what the current status quo is and the issue of what the status quo needs to be.

She wasn't wearing "denim panties"

You're dismissed.

There is no grand solution to teenage boys other than educate them to treat women and girls respectfully and practice self control/restraint. Adult men need that reminder as well. Its a lifelong process to reign in hormones, but what Xander said is valid.

I know they're almost always banned; my point is that you'd probably never see a teacher explain the rule in terms of distracting the girls. Almost every dress code rule for girls is justified based on not distracting male students and teachers. Maybe some schools are better about this, but it seems a pretty…

Great point "Dress business casual" would actually be a useful life lesson! Imagine that.

This is a blog; we editorialize here. It's fine if you disagree and you are welcome to stage a counter-argument, but you've mistaken us for a newspaper, which we are not.

If all the students were told they had to dress business casual to come to school, you might have a point.

Right? Should we be letting men get drivers' licenses if they can't concentrate at the slightest glimpse of skin or bra strap?

You aren't very bright are you? Look, a bird!

I got in trouble one time in high school, for wearing a skirt, tank top, and flip flops. Because when it gets hot in Chicago, it gets really damn hot and humid. Teacher looked at me and said "holmeag, you do know you're violating three dress code rules right now, right?" To which I responded "uh...no? My skirt is…

I understand the distraction element to an extent. Meaning, that I know what my sister went through when her high honor student son all of a sudden forgot what 2 + 2 was the second he saw a bra strap. But, being the amazing mother and fucking normal human being that she is, she brought the issue up with my nephew…