Of course, but I think moving the athletics out of schools and into a more public sphere would reduce the "heroism" of these male athletes and make it less likely for them to feel entitled to women's bodies, and make it less likely for the schools to ignore bad behavior when it does occur to save the teams.

Yup. I'm gonna adopt if I ever decide to have kids. I feel physically sick thinking about being pregnant and having children. Unfortunately, everyone around me seems determined that I'm wrong about myself and only *they* can impart the true knowledge that "you'll change your mind someday."

Zimmerman could have walked away during that time, too. He didn't. He knew he had a gun, so he knew any confrontation would work in his favor. Remember, he's the one claiming self-defense. He had to prove that he couldn't possibly have walked away. He could have, but he chose not to.

Of course Zimmerman had the choice to retreat. He gave up that choice after being told not to follow Martin and let the police handle it.

Zimmerman went into that confrontation knowing he had a gun. He just had to wait for Martin to ask why he was following him.

Sorry. Zimmerman still started the confrontation by ignoring police advice to stop following Martin. Zimmerman went into that fight knowing he had a gun. If someone was following me, I'd be afraid and angry too, especially if I were just walking home. I'd want to know why they were following me. If I didn't know they…

There's a huge problem with misogyny in atheist communities too. I joined ThinkAtheist and started commenting there and was astounded by the level of mansplaining, entitlement, and utter idiocy I saw there. I stayed about a week. I just couldn't handle it. Guess it's hard sometimes to step outside the feminist bubble.

xD It has to do with my kink stuff. Orgasm denial is a big part of D/s. It can be totally hot.

Exactly. It takes courage to know what you want and ask for it. I mean, I can have a vanilla relationship and vanilla sex but I get bored. I love the level of trust a subbie feels in me when we're in a scene, I love the consent part, I love the after-care. I love the way the world outside just melts away when I'm in a…

Which is extra sad because there's a huge number of exclusively-submissive men that get a raw deal when they can't find Dommes.

I hate that, too. I don't notice it as much now, but I definitely did when I was first realizing what I wanted out of sex. Now I'm just like, fuck it. If the guy's not doing his job, he can leave and I'll have a wonderful time on my own. I don't really see it as greedy anymore. I used to have some guilt about it, but…

Yeah, we're lucky I guess. Not easy for everyone to orgasm. But yeah, if I don't have one, he's not allowed to have one. I like to at least have two before he has one, but some guys can't manage that.

Sure, whatever works for you. I'm sure you've had all the recommendations in the world, too, and I don't want to add to that, but I have a tiny idea.

Whatever works for you is dandy, but I do consider it bad sex if I don't have an orgasm. For me, it's like going to my own birthday party but never opening the presents or eating the cake and ice cream. Sure, it's still fun, but it feels like missing out on the best parts.

I babysit for a little boy who is absolutely 100%, no-turning-back in LOVE with these dolls. He has almost all of them, including the boy characters. For him, I think the message is important because he's already not a gender-stereotype conformist. He likes to wear his hair long, his favorite colors are pink and…

That kind of crap drives me nuts, too. Like, what? Some woman being paid to be degraded is representative of all women? People are so weird and gullible sometimes. And entitled.

Definitely. And I think talking about the consensual side of the admittedly-dominating part of porn is important too. It's easy to say, "You should never do that to someone!" but in the context of sex, sometimes things get confusing. It's fine to like it. It's fine to want to do it. It's not fine to force your…

Okay, but everyone still lived. In the Zimmerman case, we have only Zimmerman's testimony, because the person he "stood his ground" against is dead. Of course he's going to say he was innocent. He had no reason to tell the truth.

How justice should work is that when someone commits a crime, they are punished, regardless of race. Most of the time, POC are unfairly targeted, though, and that's something to be aware of. I don't think it helps anyone to be glad that he got off because it means it'll be one less Latino in jail. I think, if you've…

And the woman who got 20 years for shooting warning shots at her abusive husband, who was in the process of abusing her? Why wasn't she allowed to stand her ground? Why didn't the law apply to her? Because she didn't kill him?