That’s the logic, apparently. Extremely Not Okay.

This does remind me of that.

I have similar memories. Also some memories of kids in the same age bracket, but going way beyond typical age-appropriate experiences. I didn’t judge at the time (in fact, I felt stunted and jealous by comparison) but in retrospect it is so clear there was shady stuff happening, and outright abuse in a few cases.

Honestly, I’m surprised this was their trigger. It is a very dark kind of surprise.

I’m not making an argument, I made an observation.

So we’re defining 13-year-olds as sexually mature now, are we?

It’s not my responsibility to ‘get back to you’ about anything, rather (if you are as ardent a feminist as you seem like you are, as I am) it is your responsibility to consider women’s needs outside the vacuum of feminist spaces. You question, “Is their consent even informed by reality?”

Actually, you did, and it was that notion in specific that I responded to initially. I quoted you in my first response to you and emphasized the problematic phrasing for clarity, I’ll do so again here:

I disagree that lack of exposure and education is the issue (even though education — not to mention scientific inquiry — on women’s bodies is sorely lacking) because you’re still arguing that women shouldn’t be able to make the choice for themselves based on the world they live in. It doesn’t matter if a woman is…

The use of models in lingerie kind of makes one question who he is selling the “double p”s to - lesbians or cis men?

I would feel so much different about this procedure if it was a female surgeon, focussed on vaginal reconstruction due to childbirth and trauma, who turned away 97% of these cosmetic inquiries after explaining and demonstrating that their anatomy was NORMAL v.s. some cosmetic surgery quack dude who got his start…

Jane’s been commenting here for literally years, her history is available if you click on her handle, and I am sure she’s not a Republican.

I will always love this. Thank you for posting.

I love Jesus, but I drink a little.

winner for most depressing comment today

Thank you. This is all very important information.

Some reintroduction works. Monterey Bay Aquarium’s southern sea otter program has been very helpful (they also do a lot of catch and release of injured wildlife). Someone also below mentioned the black-footed ferret (one of the cute babies above) is/was endangered and has benefitted from being bred in captivity.

Counterpoint: Armageddon is a bad movie and remains one of the few movies I can’t even let run in the background as white noise in my house because that damned Aerosmith theme song is awful.

1. On the contrary, my point was that I didn’t have to work very hard for sources. And while sites like Vox (etc.) certainly have a leftist bent, there are others besides Forbes and WSJ that are pointedly neutral — that link to Google Scholar, for instance. There’s an old leftist joke that goes, “reality has a…

Just because the words sound like something you might have heard before, doesn’t mean they’re not true. Let’s break it down: