Just like the "women will distract the men!" argument, the more women = more rape argument is also a problem of the MEN (well, the rape-y ones anyway), not the women. And in regards to women being raped as prisoners of war, don't people realize that men can also be raped? I wouldn't be surprised if that was a common…

I grew up in MN and currently live in North Carolina. I find that a great way to explain the cold to people is to say, "imagine going outside and breathing in - and your boogers freeze".

I'm not a tech person, so I think I need an example of why this would be bad. If a company is providing hosting for a client who posts illegal materials, why would it be bad to hold the hosting company liable?

I'm not a doctor, but it's my understanding that obesity is a classification based on "well, we have to draw the line somewhere", not any definitive indications of health or fitness or anything other than height and weight. So if you are obese according to your BMI, then you're obese, whether you think you are or not.…

Well, this is certainly a valid point and I do agree - which is why I stated in the original post that I think it's fine to share how your life does not completely coincide with the study results. However, I have read so very many comments on posts about scientific studies that stated something like, "I don't think…

Me too! And while I knew that some women have labia minora that protrude, I didn't actually know until this very article that it was, like, the overwhelming majority?

Dry ear wax... no BO... no body hair... no fair! Darn you Caucasian genes.

Dear internet people: scientific studies tend to be generalizations of human experience or behavior. They do not all (nor should they) apply to YOU SPECIFICALLY. So while it is totally cool, in my opinion, to post a message about how your experience differs from whatever it is the study found, please do not make the…

Go for it! It's so much fun!

Yay! Great happy thread for this dreary day! My husband and I have been together for 5 years and married for 3. We are one of those probably overly-codependent couples but that's the way we like it, goshdarnit.

This comment resonates with me. I'm bi but am married to a man. I have gone to my share of gay bars, but usually I was already partnered and wasn't not looking to get laid, just to have a good time. Except for when I was dating a woman, I've always felt uncomfortable in lesbian bars. And even then, I didn't entirely…

Ugh, put me on that list. It's like - is there any point in coming out to my in-laws?

I didn't, but I'd be ok with that!

Dude - plenty of us own guns.

I tell people this all the time and they just. don't. believe me. Crazy the lengths that people will go to in order to justify having guns.

It's ok, I know what you meant. And YES, THIS. There is no way to remove cultural conditioning from those studies about preference, so people who go around claiming they reveal deep psychological truths are just full of it.

Oh my god, the childhood memories this comment brought back...

I love fantasy and haven't come across this author. Now he's going on my wish list! Fantasy does tend to suffer from a plethora of Eurocentric male wish-fulfillment characters and I always love to hear about authors and books with more creative worldbuilding.

This is so true. We've fostered litters for a local rescue group and things can go south very quickly.

If you'll read carefully, you might note that I refrained from using words like "always" and "never". Obviously gender norms have big-picture impacts on the lives of both men and women. In my - again, non-scientific observational anecdotal - experience, men do not report these types of impacts as readily.