I’m a dominant woman, too, and I think your response is right on. I don’t think this piece necessarily precludes a conversation about dominant women and submissive men, though. Rather, to me, it seems like a great place to start these conversations.

Bookmarked! Thanks!

I’m not a mom. I have, however, been a nanny for many years and I just accepted a position (starting in May) with a very wealthy family with four children. The two older ones are mostly self-sufficient, but the two youngest, both girls, are the ones I’ll be caring for. I’ve cared for young girls before, from the ages…

This is so fantastic. I’m going to be studying library science starting in August (yay, grad school!) and I wouldn’t mind being like this lady when I grow up. I’ll be concentrating on archives and preservation, but thinking about being in charge of all of those wonderful pieces of history is making me swoon a little.…

I’m gray forever, but I still want to throw my two cents in. I love this article precisely for passages like this:

I understand what’s being said. They are upset because they believe that the basis for this study is being questioned unfairly. I’m arguing that, since scientific research does not exist in a cultural vacuum, that it might be prudent to ask why such a study was conducted at all, if not to gauge the usefullness of…

Scientists can and do impose their biases on physical evolution. For centuries scientists claimed that African and Asian people were biologically inferior to Caucasian people based on evolution, some even still claim this in the face of overwhelming evidence. There is no science that is removed from the society in…

Sciences exist within society, though, not outside of it. Scientists are as capable of bias as anyone else who exists in society.

Science doesn’t exist outside of society, looking in. It is also a product of society, and can therefore exhibit all the failings of society, sexism included.

I’m 23 and I’m very aware of all the issues you raise. I know there are young women out there who fit your description, but I don’t think you’re giving young women enough credit. Don’t talk to BernieBros about why they’re voting for Bernie. Try talking directly to the young women. You’ll find they’re more…

I don’t disagree that a lot of young women are trained to be subservient to men. I do think, though, that if you talk to young women who are for Bernie (myself included), you’ll find them more well-informed than their male counterparts. Bernie has been more consistent on feminist issues, as well as on youth, LGBT,…

From what I understand, many of them are - or they are brainwashed from an early age. Militants offer food and housing to young men, and families with too many children and not enough food see a way to ensure that their sons are provided for. They send off their sons and they are trained to do these types of things.

I think they believe humanity is dark and twisted because they know that, without the law, they would be the ones who were the most brutal. “Well if there was no police, I’d do all sorts of horrible things, so it must be true of everyone!”

I love Butler’s work. I didn’t really get into it until this summer when I was listening to audiobooks at work. But once I started, I couldn’t stop. I was so excited to take a class this semester on science fiction until I actually got there and realized the professor had chosen 5 dead, white male writers for us to…

I’m a woman who agrees with you. I’d prefer it if Warren were running, for sure, but, as things are, I am voting for Bernie. It’s not because I think Hilary would necessarily be a bad candidate, and if she wins the nomination I will absolutely vote for her. It’s because of her corporate ties and her flip-flopping on…

Why just one? That’s ridiculous. We all have tons of factors that teach us how to interact with others as we age. Trying to nail down just one as the best or most valuable would ignore the ways that other factors could play into development.

Nah, some of the worst misogynists I know are gay men. They’re not just not attracted to women, they actively hate them, too. Some of the best feminist allies I know are also gay men, though, so it just goes to show that there’s shitheads in every group.

If lesbians and bisexual women can behave themselves in literal locker rooms where there are actual naked women’s bodies, men can handle some cleavage.

The genders do not experience homicidal thoughts and actions equally. Women are socialized to, when a relationship ends, look inward to see what they might have done to make the relationship more successful. Men are socialized to blame women and assume that they took no part in the end of a relationship. Yes, both…

As a fellow kinky person, I’m with you. Sometimes I do wish kinky porn included the parts where partners discuss what’s going to happen in a scene. It may not always be the most sexy part (although I do love that part of my own sex life - the build up and the look on a sub’s face when I tell them exactly what I’m…