As I said, it was a rhetorical question. I’m not actually suggesting they don’t hire men. I’m saying that hiring them ends up being a liability when they have to be monitored. What’s cheaper, having a male employee plus a female chaperone, or just a female employee? Just from a hypothetical point of view, one is…

Not always. Plenty of people who have had strokes or traumatic brain injuries end up in nursing homes if they cannot take care of themselves. It’s not just for the elderly.

But that’s the policy in many settings, especially healthcare settings. The vast majority of male gynecologists, for example, don’t see patients without a woman present in the room. I’m not suggesting this policy, I’m criticizing it.

Male healthcare workers raping female patients is in no way equivalent to employees getting pregnant. Let’s not compare apples with oranges.

Hey, I’m criticizing the policy too, so don’t trip over all that edge. Why is it that so many people who respond to me here try to put words in my mouth? Why can’t you just engage with that I actually said?

That’s fair. I guess I would have expected better (perhaps my mistake). I recently went through cancer treatments and one of the most frustrating things was the lack of privacy in the hospital. This was especially true for any radiology. Despite the fact that I was on hormone treatments that effectively put me in…

First: Yes, I’ll grant she probably is inexperienced. But if the right can have a reality show conman for their candidate, I can get behind a passionate newcomer who has some more to learn.

I mean, yeah. It was a rhetorical question. I’m not suggesting that men shouldn’t be able to have jobs, not really. I’m just highlighting the fact that their presence is often a burden in situations where they have to be monitored at all times.

Not only that, but she’s likely only fed enough to sustain life. It’s not like she can go get herself any food she likes. She probably gets a nutrient-dense mixture through a feeding tube. She stopped eating for pleasure over a decade ago.

“If a male staff needs to enter a female room, they need to bring in a female employee with them.”

I mean, I guess, but these are people caring for her every need - every drop of urine or feces is accounted for, so wouldn’t they have noticed if she stopped menstruating? Even if it wasn’t obvious from her outward appearance, these people have intimate knowledge of her bodily processes - or they should.

If you’re going to try to quote me, actually quote me. No need to put words in my mouth to push an agenda.

I think you’ve got a few good examples of non-toxic masculinity to follow. I tell my single women friends who date men that they should be looking for a Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), a Terry Crews, or a Nick Offerman. Men who, apparently in spite of “biology,” are able to treat women like human beings. These are men who…

Actually that history is much more complex than what most people assume. You (along with many others) see a culture of patriarchy stretching back centuries - and this isn’t untrue, but it is more nuanced than that. Hunter/gatherer societies had gender-based division of labor, to be sure, and this division lasted (in…

It’s fairly strange to assume that the author is obfuscating facts, if you actually look at the context of her words. I established that the inability to pay for medical care makes one much more likely to die as a result of illness or injury. This is a well-known fact. If millions of Amercians are losing coverage,…

If you really cared, the information is widely available. Clearly you don’t and you’re more concerned with being *~edgy~* on the internet than you are with people’s lives. But since I’m a librarian and know how to get to it quickly, I’ll help you out.

We gays don’t want him though - he’s you straights’ sad sack until he comes out.

I was surprised this was the focus of this article too. Absolutely let’s talk about his current policies - from what I understand he has some issues in regard to the privatization of education, etc. But pointing out that his views on homosexuality have changed over time is...not a bad thing? Like the first part of the…

What exactly do you think happens to people when they can’t afford care?

Honestly, hospitals were already businesses. Obamacare has its faults - full stop. But I desperately need that protection for those with pre-existing conditions.