I've had people ask me the same question. I was eight years old when I was raped and forced to perform oral sex. And people ask, "Why didn't you just bite him?" I don't fucking know. Maybe because I was traumatized or maybe because he was much larger than my eight-year-old self. Or maybe it doesn't fucking matter what…

I've only ever been catcalled by white men. The article asserts that white men don't catcall. Any one instance of a white man catcalling would disprove that.

So just because she talks about the level of compensation means that's the only point she was making? Because that's not what I gleaned from the article. Working conditions are included when we talk about the ethics involved here.

Of course it's going to be different there. I never argued that it wasn't. The issue here is more the working conditions. They could be paid enough to own three yachts and a sports team, but if their working conditions are dangerous, it's not really worth it. It's one thing if you go into a job knowing it has inherent…

Well at the very least, then the rapists can't use "oh well she didn't say no" as an excuse. If they're all taught that the only "yes" that counts is an enthusiastic, ongoing "yes," then they won't have a leg to stand on when trying to defend their actions to others. I'm never surprised at what the human mind can…

1. No wage is worth abuse.

The difference, of course, being that we recognize that her behavior is unacceptable and rush to demonize her. These broni friendzoni characters garner lots of sympathy from those who believe women should just "give them a chance." No one is blaming men who don't want to date this woman. Lots and lots of people blame…

This article was fantastic! I love Howe's books. I read them a few years ago. So interesting that she's related to some of the Salem players.

Exactly! How did this guy become so scared of women? Like obviously he doesn't know how to deal with women as equals and the idea must be terribly threatening for him. He's pegged this fear on fear of offending them, but that isn't really it, is it? Because if it were, he'd have to have some kind of baseline of…

A lot of them were midwives too. Because anybody who had knowledge about how the body (specifically the evil, evil female body) must be in cahoots with the devil.

I understand the point you're driving at, but I think some of your information is flawed. I'm right on board about how awful the police can be about taking rape seriously, especially if you're into kink, and I think that's an important conversation to have. Where we differ is on your defined numbers of women in the…

I'm a Domme too (not pro), and holy crap this was so spot on. I wish we could make people understand how important consent is - across the board - not just for kinky people.

A dangerous fucking idiot tool, at that. Me and my other friends with dominant tendencies are the first ones to distance ourselves from that filth. Gives us all a bad name and adds fuel to the anti-kink fire.

The saddest thing about this alpha/beta dichotomy is that it reinforces these roles as "natural" when actually, they don't exist in the wild. They do exist, however, in animals in captivity; animals who are forced to live outside their natural habitats. It's an adaptation meant to ensure survival in captivity, not…

My boyfriend, Chris, died last March. Sometimes it feels like he's with me, usually when I'm walking around alone. He always used to walk behind me a couple of paces, and he was tall so I could kind of sense him there, you know? Sometimes, and maybe it's just wishful thinking, I get that same feeling. I always want to…

I didn't get that from this article at all. The wording of the passage you cited even suggest differently. She clearly mentions two groups, or rather, one large group (those who rape) and a smaller one within that group (people who women trust who rape them). Rapists who are not in the smaller group are still in the…

If that's a tree, I'm the queen of England.

I don't particularly like it when I'm taking a dick, but when I fuck a boy with a strap-on, it's one of my favorites because it feels just like pillow humping.

No one's saying they can't express themselves however they want. We're criticizing the representation of women. No developer has to change the way they represent women just because we criticize it.

Wow, you put some real effort into your trolling. I still give it a 3/10 though.