I really hate the pernicious stereotype that men just want sex without any emotional or romantic ties. Maybe this is a selective sample, but none of the men I have been with were like that. In fact, they were the ones to automatically assume that we were in relationship after sex. And the ones to fall in love first. I…
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20 years ago was 1996 - you had to get married to have sex? What kind of fantasy land - nostalgia are these people imagining? Honestly these conversations so often devolve into this sepia-toned bullshit, like think pieces on tinder and “hookup culture”
If I was traveling alone in a foreign country I would also consider sitting in a women-only car especially if I had been seated in the regular car and someone was making me feel uncomfortable. To me it is almost like having women-only gyms. Does it totally solve sexism and sexual assault? Of course not but it gives us…
But its so much easier to shove women into their own car that it would be to actually make sexual assault illegal and prosecute it. That just smack of effort.
This is the best and most thoroughly and thoughtfully written article I have ever read on Jezebel, and thank you so much Jia T. for it. I am in awe.
Jez section is! We’ve got a lot of smart and savvy (not to mention hilarious) folks here who I have personally learned a lot from.
There’s so much amazing—and important—nuance in this article, and my hat is off to you for it! I couldn’t even think of a good place to start discussing the whole topic.
As men line up to explain every time anyone suggests that attempting to seduce your female students or subordinates is inappropriate, there is literally nothing worse than asking a man to forego a potential opportunity to get his dick wet. War, genocide, sex slavery — these are mere trifles compared to the indignity…
Stop. sleeping. with. your students. period. How is this hard????? You should not sleep with people you are teaching and/or have substantial power over. I get it your students are hot 0r whatever. You are a grown ass adult and know better. Stop sleeping with your damn students*
*note: this message is for all teachers,…
this story is fascinating, but wow does it need editing. you can tell an MFA grad wrote it.
You aren’t fascinated by the story of a middle-age man in the midst of a mid-life crisis that can only be solved by sleeping with some 20-year-old college student? You must not understand Real Important Literature.
Downplaying it is not “trying to not seem racist”, it’s not being racist. Syria is not a land of no rights for women — they have a woman vice president, had women’s suffrage for over 20 years longer than freaking Switzerland, 2.5 months of 100% paid maternity leave, mandatory daycares in workplaces, and has a higher…
“This is the irony women’s activists are struggling with in the wake of attacks in Cologne. A quick squeeze of the breasts, a hand on the ass, an unwanted kiss — when it happens in a public space, none of these are against the law in Germany.”
Wait a minute: the entire point of this article is that Germany is a country where legally women are not sufficiently protected from physical assault on public, men seem to be aware of this fact, and German men have taken advantage of this loophole, if you will, on many occasions. The culture in countries of origin of…
Seriously Germany? This is unbelievable, I’d thought they were a lot more progressive than that.
#yesallwomen
On this bleak, bleak day, with so much talk about gross politicians having sex, this is the purest, most beautiful thing I have ever seen.
One day, I will go online, and there WON’T be a story about a woman being killed by some pathetic fucking manchild, who can’t deal with not being the centre of her universe.
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