Yes. In uniform you do not have speech rights as you are a representative of the government and that would be an implied endorsement of a political statement by the government.

“your white-boy feelings” Good racism there. btw way I’m black/hispanic. but stay socially racist there.

They broke the rules they should have known better. As a former soldier I cannot support them. If they where white male soldiers using a Nazi style salute this very website would scream and demand they face punishment.

I never said women shouldn’t have children because it will affect some one else’s vacation. My point was that someone else needs to pick up the slack when a woman goes on maternity leave or leaves early for child care related issues. I just think those people should be compensated.

And childless adults do a lot to help support families with children too. We already pay more taxes (no tax breaks to take advantage of), pay taxes into programs that are children specific (schools being a huge one here) among other things. Just because people don’t have kids also doesn’t mean they wouldn’t like to…

You're absolutely right about the common enemy in the workplace, but this isn't just a problem in the workplace. Women without children are being called selfish and treated as though there's something wrong with them in so many other scenarios. That's why I took issue with the Internet Mom reaction - the kinds of…

I worked with a couple of ridiculous sanctimommies in a small office and would randomly text my mom notes like, “Thank you for having an identity away from me so that I didn’t grow up feeling this pressure to be the center of your world at all times.”

Yeah, the whole thing where society tries to make you feel like you don’t have purpose if you’re not a parent (especially for women) is total bullshit. No one should have kids unless they really want them. I was married for almost 10 years before I wanted a kid, and then I had to spend a year talking my husband into…

First of all there is no golden path for mothers at work. It’s not a rose garden.

Nothing I read today encourages me to want to have kids. I am convinced most parents are less happy for the first 15-20 years of childhood and potentially only exceed in their later years. No thanks.

I only use “I feel like” when I’m about to talk shit or I actually have no evidence to back what I’m saying and what I’m saying is actually just a guess/feeling. Example: I feel like this bar will just be more fun than that bar tonight.

I think Worthen has a point. But then I’m old.

My AP Lang teacher told us to never use the word, “feel” when describing a thought, and Vica versa because it undermines the other.

Well it’s a worldwide problem with all men, including white men obviously.

Absolutely. I do think any non-privileged group is affected by this, (the poor, the disabled, etc) and all those identities intersect in ways that compound the issue further.

Wait, celebrities are common property because we paid for them? Why has no one ever told me this? Is there a website where people can trade their shares? I have nothing against Amy Schumer, but I’d be happy to trade my 1/300,000,000th share of her to someone so I can double my ownership of, say, Gillian Anderson. Or…

Why make these comments they serve no purpose and bring no value to the discussion.

There are more women than men students in post-secondary education. Alums need to suspend all funding

What everyone else said, but also, sometimes schools will tell victims that they won’t pursue actions against the perpetrators in terms of violations of school policies if victims go to the police. Basically forcing victims to choose between staying at school and getting their attacker expelled (in the best case), or…

There are no schools immune from this. Sadly the onus is on your daughter to be careful. Until we do a better job of teaching people not to rape (and actually punishing them if they do), this is her reality.