That's usually one of the problems. Another problem is being unable to translate the conceptual framework to people's lives. I've seen trainers who use an exclusively black/white framework for valid reasons, go and torpedo the whole thing by telling an Asian or Latino participate that their experiences are the same…

Reminds me of this.

Is that your idea of a joke? Because it isn't funny.

This is one of the best comments I've ever read. No joke. You nailed it.

I like to point out that if everyone had the same level of IT knowledge as them then they would be out of a job.

I don't think the vast majority of drivers are assholes. I'm one myself.

I ate my lunch at 9:30 this morning.

Lesson for the day: saying, "Fuck her right in the pussy," isn't ok, but actually doing it without her consent is.

I'm going to take a radical stance here and say I don't support teachers using school equipment to manufacture drugs or moonshine for personal/recreational use, either.

I've gotten the same response, in conversation - and I honestly do not know what to say.

I know that their argument is kind of a straw-man one. I know that it's wrong, and ignorant. I suspect it has something to do with social contract theory - if people don't believe they are being treated well by their government…

diarrhea moat

Personal story: I like working out late at night. Especially in the summer when it is 90 degrees in the sun, I prefer walking along this lit path and doing laps by walking off the trail and onto some sidewalks in an area of Kansas City.

Ok... maybe this will be good for me, like a last confession. And I swear upon everything I hold dear that this is absolute truth... *sigh*

Agreed, but I think this speaks to a greater frustration that extends beyond the male perspective of women, and can be generalized to privilege as a whole. Human beings have such a hard time with empathy it seems, where if they haven't personally experienced something in particular, the assumption is the report is…

no! Janis Ian for the win!

#TheCrappening.

In my opinion, you have the best situation because you know how to raise your boys to fit this paradigm. I think the harder row to hoe is raising boys to understand where their entitlement ceases - moreso than raising girls to know how not to be a victim. You're doing the awesome thing all around - good for you, and…

my daughter just graduated grad school and is a veterinarian. I'm so proud of her I could burst. She's a strong minded, individualist person, has lived abroad and traveled abroad. I still worry about her, of course, but (at the risk of sounding pompous) I think the BastardlyOlympian and I did a kick-ass job at raising…

The best activism is providing the world with three enlightened males. Bless you! If everyone did that I wouldn't wouldn't be so worried about my two girls. I've always been aware of inequality and mysogyny etc, but having daughters dialed my alert level "up to eleven." I totally lost sleep over Steubenville.

Badum tss.