I'm flattered you find me so stalk-worthy ;)

LOL what? You are either completely ignorant of Berlusconi and Italy or you’re one of those conspiracy theorists who think the Clintons are the Antichrist.

LOL re: trolling -

How cute, an earnest baby feminist jez commenter who jumps straight to accusations of trolling when someone dares express a difference of opinion. That never happens around here ;)

I don’t think disagreeing with someone’s point is giving a traumatised young woman a hard time. I am totally with her in terms of Harvard having the obligation to make sure she doesn’t have to run into her rapist in class, etc, but I don’t agree with her point on rape kits. A bigger priority would be to make sure all…

And I get it, but what about other rape victims who aren’t university students? Why are universities expected to make up for what is lacking in terms of health care in the rest of the country? Non college students who are raped have to go a hospital for a rape kit, rather than their family doctor. I don’t like the…

Sorry to sound like Scrooge but since when is that the university’s responsibility? That’s what I mean about american universities and people’s attitudes toward schools that is so baffling to anyone not from the US. I went to school in Canada and I never expected the school to be a substitute for my mom, dad, nanny,…

Look, I went to university as well, I know how campuses work. The difference is that nowhere else in the world do people expect universities to provide more than basic services. Like my Canadian university had a very decent set up. There was a food court and a couple of cafes and a decent store to buy basics like milk…

Why would universities have to train people to administer rape kits when students can go to hospitals nearby? Universities are not separate from the rest of the world. Why is it so important that students be able to do everything on campus? That is what I don’t understand.

Then go to a real hospital to get your rape kit done, even if it’s not for immediate use.

But if you’re getting a rape kit, then that usually means you’re pressing charges. If you expect universities to test rape kits, then yes, you are viewing them as a parallel justice system and forensic analysis authority.

Oh, I agree with you on that. I just can’t get on board with the idea that schools now need to have personnel authorized to perform a rape kit. Because why would you even get a rape kit unless you were going to take your case to the police? If you’re having it handled by the school, there’s no forensic investigation…

NYU medical school is not the same as a campus clinic, please. Also, campus clinics are not equipped to handle forensic evidence. Having to take a cab to go to the hospital to get a rape kit is standard for any rape victim, regardless of where the rape happened. Would you like campus security guards to be able to…

Right, primary health care. Like my doctor who I go to for basic stuff. But if I got raped, I’d go to a freaking hospital. First of all because I’d want that evidence to be admissible and I have no doubt a rape kit done at a college clinic would get thrown out pretty quickly by even the most incompetent of lawyers.

Isn’t it better to just go to the hospital, where you know there will be staff equipped to handle rape kits and not mess up chain of custody if you want that evidence to actually help your case?

This. As for the lack of rape kits, the university clinic isn’t supposed to be a substitute for an actual hospital. They don’t perform surgery either. You go there for a cold, or a prescription for the pill, or food poisoning. Anything more serious (including a rape), you go to a real fucking hospital and the real…

Sorry but I can’t get on board with you basically saying that who cares if women get fucked over and can’t use Airbnb to rent their houses out anymore because other assholes on Airbnb are racist assholes. Plus, the law isn’t on your side becuase for homeowners renting out a space with less than four units, Airbnb…

Plus, it would be a violation of the Mrs. Murphy exemption of the fair housing act.

I don’t see why she should be excluded from Airbnb, and I doubt Airbnb will ever apply that rule that way. Besides, if they did, they’d be in violation of the Mrs. Murphy’s exemption to the fair housing act. Look it up.

Nope. Because then Airbnb would effectively be discriminating against women who don’t feel safe renting parts of their homes to men. Never mind that it would be in violation of the Mrs. Murphy exemption to the fair housing act.