I'd prefer this called a list of DEMANDS. Therein lies the problem.

I'd prefer this called a list of DEMANDS. Therein lies the problem.

Wow that. Just wow. I'm surprised you can read the story with your head so far up your a**.

She looks, gulp, normal.

Um. I think the French have a saying for this. It's something like, "Who gives a shit?"

I really have to say I was aghast and agape when I read your story, Puck. People's cluelessness never ceases to amaze. We need to have some men speaking up here. This situation perfectly illustrates the value of allies. Not that women and people of other colors and orinetantion can't speak for ourselves - we…

There's a way the conversation about personal safety changes when you're a woman alone that I'm so glad you brought up here - about having a dude. When I talk to people about feeling unsafe in certain neighborhoods, say alone at night, I noticed is the ones who dismiss concerns about safety are men; "Oh that's not…

He's not Jewish?

Fire dude is also wearing a a bad wig.

I knew it without even seeing it. Down to the sweat jacket.

This is stupid. I'm white. I have ultra fine hair which comes with, ahem, baby hairs - whatever the fuck they are thank you for naming them a stupid name, baby hairs, jesus - everyone who has them has at some point had to figure out what to do with them. This is not a thing. Chill the fuck out.

Your ability to talk out of your ass must have diffused any scrapes you got into before they came to blows.

Heard it all before. Not listening.

Whoa. Yes. officer.

And be sure it's someone smaller and weaker. So you're super equal.

Hey. You're free to punch someone out and drag them out of an elevator just like Ray.

Yeah. I would. Because he's a big, strong, fast professional athlete who might be able to be expected to control his impulses, besides those used in conjunction with playing the game of football. But apparently this is too much to ask. And no. "You hit me. I get to hit you back" is not okay after the age of five. Grow…

Janay! Don't hit a man who makes his living in violent sports culture. It's apparently against the rules. Flag on the play.

And there you have it.

Yes. It matters that he's a professional athlete. A big, strong, fast professional athlete. Like whether you hit someone with an Dodge Ram or you hit them with a tricycle. It matters.