No shit. Like no woman could ever possess any traits like kindness, humor, intelligence, or common interests that would cause a man to want to be *GASP* friends with her. JFC I was visibly angered by that tweet and most of its replies.....

It’s called projection.

Because this “policy” creates an excuse to cut women out of important discussions, meetings, and mentoring opportunities. That he *could* get a chaperone is not the issue, because 1) it changes the dynamic completely to change a one-on-one to a group meeting and 2) we all know he won’t. Moreover, lots of important…

There isn’t any workaround that wouldn’t fundamentally alter (and reduce) the job responsibilities of the aide role, especially on the campaign trail. Plus, laying down ground rules for employees of one sex and not the other is in itself discriminatory.

I guess in defending this arrangement you are sort of implying that you think it is ok. I understand what you have been saying about there being work-arounds and such, but I still maintain that it is fundamentally not an acceptable way for such a powerful person who is a government employee (ie we, women, are paying…

Or . . . like, a co-worker.

My husband works in an office with a lot of female co-workers. He takes them out to lunch all the time, especially when they’re working on projects. I don’t think he fucks them, but given the sultry atmosphere of Max & Ermas, I suppose anything is possible.

Don’t think for a second that this isn’t to control “their” women, whose morals and thinky-thinky parts would “fall victim” to the seduction of another man who, just like men do, somehow can’t control their destructive sexually aggressive behavior. It’s just another way to control women and excuse men from having to…

I think the good of the country thing is the key. He may have had a different point of view on things but I never doubted that he or most any president I can remember honestly thought his way was the best way to help the county.

Ok but even if he needs a fucking chaperone, he is a grown man who is the vice president of the country. That just isn’t acceptable behavior. Sorry, but the fate of an entire major country is more important than your marriage. You should have to accept that going in. But also, I don’t want a VP who literally can…

When the Pences’ arrangement which works for them means discriminating against women in the workplace, it’s not just right but necessary to mock Pence for it.

they need the bible to tell them that murder is wrong

It is totally appropriate to mock this arrangement as it literally directly interferes with his job duties presumably. If you arrangement, as the second in line to lead the country, doesn’t allow you to dine with a female colleague to get what is likely very important work done, then that arrangement is shit and, in…

This! This is the attitude that I’ve encountered constantly in my time on this planet, especially as it is often combined with the guy that is convinced that all men think exactly like him.

Well, I guess their mindset makes sense. Isn’t abstinence education built on the lie that men are absentminded horn dogs? Why would they trust their husbands if they are just designed that way?

Yep, my feeling about Bush was that while I didn’t agree with his politics, I did believe those politics were the result of sincerely held beliefs, and that he’s likely a decent human being.

When I read comments from ultra conservative type people that are prone to the pearl clutching it just makes me think “You are basically indicating that we should all be afraid of YOU, not the other way around.” Because they 1. believe that men are just lustful beasts that simply can’t enjoy a meal with women they…

I think the fact that none of these conservative male fuckwits have any women they think of as just friends speaks VOLUMES for their disdain for women as people. Because obviously for them, if a woman isn’t for fucking or marrying or knocking up, there’s just no reason to interact with her or care about her at all is…

The comments on that Matt Walsh post made me fucking crazy last night.

Bush was very slightly in over his head, but continued to learn, admitted mistakes and despite the fact I disagreed with him on almost everything he probably had the good of the country first in his mind.