That approach worked out quite well for Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, didn’t it?

... Oh Yeah ... they’re right here, relevant as here:

Faith No More where are you? We need you now more than ever to “Care A LOT”!

She says she was “blackout drunk”, not “passed out drunk”. Blackout means you don’t remember what you did (because the mechanism that transfers short-term memory to long-term memory is impaired by alcohol) but you may not be obviously impaired otherwise. It is simply NOT the case that sex with someone who is blackout…

Sadists do not anesthetize those they inflict pain on, because that defeats the purpose. Not sure what exactly to call what Cosby is into, but it’s something along the lines of nonconsensual chemical bondage, aka chemical rape. Don’t lump safe sane and consensual sadists in with Cosby - you’re giving them a bad name.

And some only play kinksters in porn videos ...

As Dan Savage has observed, there are *many* more sexually submissive men than there are sexually dominant women. That’s why pro dommes can make a decent living.

Being kinky is similar to one’s sexuality in that one doesn’t conciously choose it and one can’t conciously decide to change it. That said, since we are discussing porn *actors* at kink.com it is very important to distinguish between people who truly have a certain kink or fetish and people who just pretend to have a…

The whole point of this technology is to defer childbearing for many extra years. I doubt that we will have much data about the viability of eggs frozen in 2013 until at least 2023. I imagine that the technology will also improve over time, so that eggs frozen in 2018 will have a better chance than eggs fozen in 2013.

I’m assuming that any rapes must have occurred off set and in private. On a porn shoot, not only the actors but all camera people and crew will be aware of safewords. If Stoya used her safeword while they were shooting and Deen didn’t stop, somebody else would have stopped him.

Follow on question ... assuming that you are correct and that Jameis Winston does NOT have a good libel case, do any of the OTHER men whose cases were used in the film have a case?

“I’m not sure why CNN is showing it, even if Winston probably can’t successfully sue for damages.” CNN is showing it for exactly the same reasons RS published “A Rape On Campus” ... publicity & sensationalism.

“The pill offers meaningful help for only about 10 percent more patients than a placebo ... women are supposed to refrain from alcohol while taking the daily pill.”

Citizens of the USA, Great Britain, & Canada are required by Iranian law to be accompanied by a government licensed Iranian guide at all times. If the writer is a citizen of one of those countries then she broke this law by travelling without a local guide & could have been arrested for that.

Given that “The Leftovers” occurs in a fictional world in which all kinds of apparently supernatural things actually happen, we have to give Matt the benefit of the doubt and assume that Mary actually did wake up for 3 hours and consent - or at minimum that he really believes it happened (but may be delusional).

IMO, while in theory the rules for ongoing relationships are the same as for first sexual contact between new partners, in practice an understanding usually develops in ongoing relationships so that less explicit verbal communication is needed.

“Is it Normal to Feel Sad After Sex?” ... perhaps it’s just sad to feel normal after sex ...

“I have money that’s a fact, people like money, that’s another fact“ People really like to feel better than other people, to feel like they are right and others are wrong ... that’s still another fact. So they probably never will shut up about this.

... & I hope you tell him face-to-face, not by text message. Trying to move a relationship to the next stage by text message is just about as cowardly as breaking up with someone by text message.

Do we agree that breaking off a relationship by text message is a cowardly bs move? That breaking up with someone ideally is done in a face-to-face conversation, or at minimum a voice call. Trying to take a relationship to the next level by text message is equally cowardly. She should have had that conversation with…