For all that it's enshrined in your constitution, Canada seems to take separation of church and state a whole lot more seriously. When I was attending a public high school in Victoria it was explicitly clear that evangelizing attire was unacceptable, and religious clubs were banned. No freedom of speech issue - if you…

I've told friends to go this route before, if they definitely knew they wanted kids but couldn't find a partner. (IVF isn't usually necessary, though - just a sperm donor.) Of the two who did, neither regrets it. You can theoretically find a partner at any time. Heck, I know people who've gotten married in their 80s.…

the optimal environment for the emotional and spiritual development of children is to be with two married parents of the opposite sex to whom they are biologically related

How on earth did they chock that up to "differences in libido" when women have to worry about the Schrodinger's rapist/murderer effect when propositioned by a stranger, and men, by and large, don't?

Yeah, that's true. That's just magical to me. Plus, change machines. Not knocking the awesome buses but they are late all the time.

I bought the English version of Dark Souls 2 from the PSN store over here in Japan when it released two days earlier than my Japanese friends could get theirs and was met with howled messages of outrage as soon as I signed on and it showed my friends list what I was playing. "ISN'T FROM A JAPANESE COMPANY?!?!?!" etc.

The "if there's no accidents" is a big "if", though. Sure the trains don't crash often, but when I was in Tokyo there was a "human"-related incident every other day, and I was delayed almost an hour in Maibara recently because someone was on the tracks.

I live in Kyoto right now, and the buses are late all the freaking time. I realize you can't control traffic like you can rail lines, but sometimes it's just ridiculous.

In general, there's a slight difference, but it you took any given man or woman there's a good chance this little experiment won't work, or will even give you the opposite result:

Eh, all it takes is encountering one (or several) stodgy old sexists who is all too happy to remind girls that they're not supposed to like math or sciences to bring that whole parade to a halt.

Ugh, the shoes. Mr. Cat does that too. We'll both be ready to head out the door and I'll slip on a pair of running shoes that I never untie if we're doing something active or flats with a single strap if it's something fancy, but noooooo Mr. Cat has to wear massive boots or leather shoes with a million laces and do…

From what I've heard from people who've lived there, the stereotype of men being better at math just doesn't exist, culturally.

And here I thought men were supposed to be good at math.

Yeah I'm not really sure how the OP thought "yoga" and "spin class" were somehow going to help her with wrestling.

that your daughter was killed

I slept with the now Mr. Cat on the first date. Not only did he call me again, he called me the very next day (which is apparently against the "guy" rules, but apparently neither of us read those before we started dating).

Wait... Who is the "enemy" demonstrated by this scenario? Is it Lily herself, for grade school tier cattiness? Or is it the skinny woman who made her feel bad about herself (but that's okay because men totally think she's ugly and Lily's hotter)? Is this genuine self-reflection (I am my own worst enemy) or a cheap…

In their defense, "Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and finally Ambassadors" does sound kind of lame. I'd rather be an "Explorer" or a "Pioneer" than a "Daisy" or a "Cadette". Luckily, I grew up in Canada, and not only do the Girl Guides here have somewhat more impressive-sounding "Sparks" instead of…

Okay. Anyone who scans through those sites is welcome to find out that you're wrong.

I have literally zero desire to go dredge A Voice For Men and Father's Manifesto for old articles, but you're certainly welcome to, if you like.