How is this a blow to socialization? Yeah, hormonal influence on gene expression is hugely important if we want to understand human and animal cognition/behaviour... but why pretend that it's the only thing that's hugely important?

In their paper, the researchers recognize the importance of the differences you describe. The idea isn't that these differences in gene expression dominate everything else, just that it's one more dimension of the things - individual genes, life-experiences, cultural and social context, environmental factors, etc. -…

I had a similar game! We knew what suicide was, but didn't "get" it.

I was in grade five in the mid '90s, and we all knew about rape, mostly from overhearing adults' conversations, from the news, from books and television, and from the school-yard conversations where those fragments were reassembled.

That's true, but I think that even then they might not fully understand "rape" as a category, or understand it in a way that is very disconnected from the term.

Thanks for the interesting reply!

It sounds like the ickier aspects of her life could make for the sort of sensationalistic that is very attractive to audiences. I'm not sure that film-makers will get her story right, but I suspect that the problem will be capturing the complexities of her life/not sensationalizing it, not shying away from depicting…

Yeah. Plus, they are obviously going to get you food and drink, to set the room up, etc.. They might as well get something that you actually like.

Why lucky? For all we know, her boyfriend is her life partner, or her future life partner will also have a lower sex drive than hers. From experience, I can say that it's an incredibly frustrating position to be in, especially when the relationship is otherwise good.

I hate to bring out clichéd criticism #23, but I can't not...

It's so big you could just do the star-fish float in it to relax. Although it wouldn't fit in my apartment, I want that tub.

Same here. Although we stopped when I started to find nudity embarrassing (at around 8), I regularly bathed with my brother and/or one of my parents until that age. It was turned what, for some children, is a chore into a fun chance to unwind and talk with my parents. It was a chance to feel safe (and warm) and to…

This is true, but some dogs just look sad all the time. My old pup did: you could take her for a long walk, get home, give her a belly rub and a snack and the second your hand left her fur, she would get the most pained, abused, look on her face, and keep it until she was fed or walked again. It's a canine art-form.

You hit the nail on the head.

Yes, I think that this is very common. Even in the relatively small circle of friends that I know well enough to have discussed this issue, a few have experienced this.

That's really interesting. I had my first black out at a wedding too, in my late twenties (since then I black out extremely easily, and it's been difficult to recalibrate my drinking accordingly), and it was a terrifying experience. I woke up the next day missing everything that had happened after eight o'clock, with…

Exactly. Alternatively, they actually have or genuinely want a relationship with the victim, and think that this entitles them to sex.

I'm sure that some are, yes. Just like some rapists attack people they have prior relationships (dates, etc.), even though this leaves them easily identified. They either presume consent on the part of their victims or assume that once all is said and done, the victims won't be able to prove that the sex was not…

I've had both a transvaginal ultrasound and a rectal exam (basically the same thing ?) and the latter was much, much easier, much less stressful, and much less painful. The proposed amendment makes a good point, but the comparison doesn't convey how invasive the procedures women are expected to submit to really are!

Exactly. I've had both, and fun fact: while both are uncomfortable, having a giant piece of plastic pushed up one's vagina is much more painful than having a gloved finger inserted in one's anus. It also requires a lot more of you and your time (drinking lots of water, waiting around for a long time, etc.). The rectal…