Oh yeah, someone in that situation can be really blind to their privileges. It's good that they're all good hearted people, I find that most people are. I hope they have a bit of perspective, though. Sometimes I can get really frustrated by people who have a lot of money, and they don't understand what it's like to…

Aww yeah teaching them about feminism and what it means! But that's good, he's got a good beginning then. I agree with Rooo's reading though as well, because I think that's where my boyfriend is coming from. At best he is oblivious to it, because he's from East BumF***, in a more rural and traditional area of the…

My boyfriend is the same way. He's learning, and comes from the same situation that yours does. Every time something comes up about a victim of anything (could be sexual assault or rape/violence/etc) he always makes a sarcastic remark like "because what she/he was wearing totally means that they brought it upon…

The sun was in their eyes?

Oh yes, of course!

Not really, human sexuality is a wide spectrum. I'm saying that on a very large scale, as if it were true across the whole of the species, humans having only one half of the species be invested in raising offspring doesn't make sense. We wouldn't have gotten to where we are today if only one half of us was doing the…

A mating strategy where one gender's only purpose is sex would only make sense if we were say, spiders or angler fish.

This would be correct. Typically they have emotional issues that prevent them from forming normal and healthy relationships, so they harbor destructive worldviews about themselves and others and use pseudoscience to justify their behavior. Women are guilty of this too.

*claps*

We... uh.. the point of this article and the OP's post was that we want that to happen. We want men to voice their opinions. But we're also saying that there's a thing called tact, and it should be employed when voicing opinions. The same goes for women.

I know I'll love my kids - I'm terrified I'll hate my babies. I'm hopelessly bored by newborns, I am terrible with infants. I'm great once they start reaching the toddler age, because they've developed more of a personality and preferences. I like getting to know children as they age, but when you have a newborn or an…

Depends on what kind of experiences you're talking about. A trip to Fiji - that takes a lot of money. Going outside for a walk, playing make believe with your kid, or just spending time with family aren't necessarily things that require lots of money, and have the potential to be just as meaningful as a trip to Fiji.

Instinct kicks in usually. It's self-preservation, to freeze or go limp. You're more likely to come out alive if you do so. It's often involuntary, as well. As picomouse said, it's not about wanting or not wanting to fight back, it's that your body is incapacitated and unable to do so.

It drives me crazy when people complain about wall colors when buying a house. I scream at the TV, like PEOPLE IT'S CALLED PAINT!

Oh, deer.

cosmo tip #43

I'm signing up just for myself, this is totally helpful.

I'm more of a sloppy jerk too. When we get around to cleaning my bedroom, my boyfriend goes and finds the duster. I think, "Duster? Why? We're just making the room look not messy..."

Well, you know how it is, you gotta do that shit every day. Like, the whole house. That solar wind just takes it right off.