"Attention whore is a term reserved for women"

Pro-straight European heritage misandrist activists unite!

Preferably on a deserted island somewhere!

I believe a behemeth is the monster that ascends from the depths to devour Walter White.

Absolutely. That's my favorite thing about the series, honestly—it tries to jam in the whole cornucopia of human experience.

Nice. My personal favorite: "Troy, don't believe!"

Holy shit, you went to Warren Wilson? We are now friends for life.

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I don't see why people have to pass judgment on the book because of the Dany/Drogo thing. No, it's not consensual. Yes, that is horrible, full stop. Yes, there's a "period" the books are going for in which the taking of child brides by warlords was commonplace. Yes, there's an attempt to humanize Drogo and suggest…

Again: I don't doubt it. Just curious as to how to constructively address it.

That's actually a great point. I don't think the discussion of what potential victims should do is exclusive to rape—people are very interested in how not to get murdered, robbed, etc.—but people are also prudes about (and defensive of) certain kinds of sexual behavior, which can poison the discourse.

Totally! I really enjoy the discussion and am not offended.

Cool, but that might not be relevant to a lot of the people who hear it and fall into the category "men," and the people to whom it is relevant might be disinclined to listen.

You know what, your point about him being smart enough to hold the job but not smart enough to speak sensitively about rape is a really, really good one.

I think that's the least generous possible assessment of his remarks and you should at least give him credit for being ignorant of the wider discussion around rape culture. It just doesn't move the conversation forward to scream at people who are trying to help.

And that's just horrible, and I'm so sorry. I think, as you rightly point out, that it's a lot like murder in that there are different kinds of crimes all classified as "rape." I don't mean for an instant to insinuate that rape is anyone's fault but the rapist's.

And of course I agree that after the fact the only good questions are "Can you describe the suspect?" and "Can I get you a cup of coffee?" and "Would you like it if he accidentally fell down the stairs a few times before he came into the station?"

That's totally true, it's just that there's no good advice to give anybody on that score.

I do understand it but I feel like blaming an entire gender for some of its assholes is maybe not the way to go about having a productive conversation as a political leader. On some level, evil shits are going to do evil shit and prevention is the job of law enforcement in tandem with potential victims (which includes…

Well, that's certainly how it's being characterized here.

Not an unfair point, but isn't helping people avoid crimes of opportunity part of prevention? I mean, absolutely, do everything possible to catch and discourage rapists, but there's a lot of stuff potential victims can do to keep out of harm's way and reduce the probability of being attacked. I feel like this isn't…