My brother was having a debate about same-sex marriage with one of his friends who claimed that he didn't want gay men checking him out at the beach. My brother asked him why he checks out women on the beach if he would feel uncomfortable having a guy do it to him, and he responded that he 'tries not to look'. That…

I had a really long discussion with someone on Jez who said that as an ex-sports player, he thoughts that Michael Sam should keep quiet about his sexuality because the other team members would feel uncomfortable around him and that it wasn't helping that he was kissing his boyfriend in public. I pointed out that what…

Its also disturbing that so many people overlook the fact that Lot offered up his two virgin daughters to be gang raped by a drunken mob.

Its interesting you ask that. Often when rape is discussed on this site, there will be people who comment that men get raped too. This is true of course, and worth having an open discussion about, but its obvious that some of the people making those comments are attempting to derail the conversation regarding female…

That's what happened with Savita. After she died, all these anti-choicers and Catholic organisations and journalists came out and said that her case was not a true representation of their stance and that of course she should have been allowed an abortion since her life was in danger. What they neglected to mention was…

'Let's pretend we can help suicidal women by passing legislation, but then let's make it so hard to actually implement the legislation that it's useless.'

Since you mentioned that they are devoutly Catholic, I am assuming that their opposition to abortion rights are largely driven by their religious beliefs. I would argue that whatever their personal beliefs, there is a Separation of Church and State (I'm guessing you live in the US or another Western country), and that…

My guess is that it may be to influence public perception, to basically say in a non-verbal way: 'look at how out of control these people are! They are so dangerous that we need military gear to deal with them!'

I hope she's not someone who makes a comment and runs because you ask some good questions, particularly: 'what legislation has been put forth by the Democratic Party that has infringed on your right to have these social values?'

The people who sent her those images are fucking sociopaths. There is no way in hell they can do something so unbelievably cruel and not measure anywhere above zero on the sociopath scale.

Your description minus the husband rescue ending reminds me of that 'Go Ask Alice' book that suspiciously contained a lot of action for a two year period where the heroine takes a drug by accident after having her drink spiked, becomes an addict and drug dealer, runs away from home to San Francisco, runs a successful…

Look, you may have a point regarding all this speak of vigilante justice (although I'm getting the sense that it's more hyperbole than anything else) but are you actually implying that this young girl wasn't raped? Because that's what I'm getting from your 'they called it rape too' comment.

We've established that.

OMG - why are you here then? I've never met anyone who complains so much about something they willingly subject themselves to as much as the trolls who come here just so they can post some comment about how Jezebel sucks. No one is forcing you to come here but you still do and I bet you scroll through the comments…

Leaving an abusive relationship is one of the most dangerous times for a victim. Have you never heard of people stalking/assaulting/killing their exes? Key word: ex. As in; left them, broken up, no longer together.

Exactly! And nursing can be a very dangerous job especially in having to deal with patients who might attack you and the exposure to biohazardous materials. What are these people thinking with their 'women don't do dangerous work'? I once met a woman who had worked as a nurse in a hospital for the criminally insane.…

She doesn't seem to understand what the word 'hypocrite' actually means. I don't have kids, nor do I plan to have any, but I'm still in favor of laws against child abuse. I'm not a hypocrite to speak out against child abuse just because I don't want to have kids. So even if that vegan stereotype applied to every…

A few years ago, an Australian journalist wrote an article trying link gay marriage and single mothers to the London riots:

Is a pap smear required?

The whole 'children need a mother and a father' argument is such essentialist bullshit. What would a man and a woman provide a child that two men or two women couldn't? And I've heard that many gay couples make sure to have positive role models of the opposite sex in their children's lives. These anti-gay adoption…