What's really sad is that they aren't the only person in this thread with this issue. I really can't imagine what it's like to hate victims so much that a person woud do those kinds of mental gymnastics to excuse rape. I have friends who have been sexually assaulted after doing all the "right" things and it was no…

Okay. We're going to have to agree to disagree that not caveating that women can also rape in a thread on a post about two men raping a woman is "sexist". It's really not. It's not inconsequential that it's men who do the majority of rapes, because it's a huge part of our culture, and it does harm to men and women to…

I had a feeling it was something like that. So it's a double-fail of racism. Awesome.

Yep. I mean, yes, she comes off as unstable...but she also comes across as someone who is being used by everyone around her, where her clearly self-destructive tendencies are either being enabled, condoned, or exploited. I'm not sure she has the awareness to know what's happening because there seems to be no one…

I think most people are assholes, I don't think there's any higher percentage of actors who are. :} Although, I may just know the really nice, normal ones. Which is why I feel sorry for Lohan. She is clearly surrounded by enablers and leeches, and it makes it really hard to see your own problems and how to get out of…

Yeah, I have used honey it masks and not found it drying in the least. If anything it's moisturizing/soothing. It is actually an anti-bacterial, though.

"Vintage" has become a catch all for anything older that people want to charge a lot of money for. It's fine as far as it goes, but something being "vintage" doesn't automatically make it a good idea. Or worth that kind of money.

Apparently not enough to not have 1-5 women experience attempted/sexual assault in their lifetime. Apparently not enough for Steubenville not to happen. Intellectually we know rape is "bad". But because the culture victim blames and encourages the objectification of women and men's "entitlement" to sex, many, many,…

As someone else mentioned, there is also some kind of Asian figure at the bottom (I can't make it out well) that, if the horrible Mammy one is any indication of the racism to tacky ratio, is probably another extremely unpleasant call back.

You have to look at the culture for your answer. Culturally speaking, women are not taught that they are entitled to sex or to men's bodies. They are not taught to objectify men or view them as less-than. The reverse is not true. Every day our culture reinforces the idea that specifically women's bodies are public…

"She chose to put herself in position to be raped." Wow. That, right there, is the reason why we can't make any headway, because people actually believe that. You realize men rape women who are not drunk, yes? That there is literally nothing you as a person can do to "make" someone rape you? That even if you make…

Because, and this is really important: it informs and influences our current social climate. Racism is not "over" or in the past. It's present, now, current. Racism of the past absolutely influences racism now. You can't fix it by pretending it didn't happen or that it's "fixed" now or by trying to somehow say we're…

While the piece definitely indicates Lohan has seriou issues and may not end up working much in the future, or at least not on films worth working on, it also doesn't paint the rosiest picture of the director. He comes off as kind of delusional in his own right, and as as much of the problem with this particular film…

No, because everyone knows getting drunk is not a "good" thing in a strictly general, health related sort of thing, but it has fuck all to do with whether another person decides to be a rapist. That is not conditional on someone's state of intoxication, dress, or any of the other myriad ways our society comes up with…

But that's not even the point. The point is that this guy feels he can tell women how to dress based on his idea of what is and is not modest, and then further compounds it by assuming he knows why women dress in a way he thinks is body revealing, or what their motivations are.

Boy do I wish more people had that view. Because he's right, in that the government really can't legislate like that. It has to be neutral and secular, and the only sane AND ethical thing is making it an individual decision.

I think it downplays the responsibility of grown adults, including those in their 20's, not to sexually prey on 13 year olds. Of course teenagers are sexual. Of course a 13 or 14 or 15 year old may want to have sex with an older person. The older person still has the responsibility to say no.

The only thing I've been able to really come up with is that, okay, that's their belief. And I support that on an individual level. But the law can't legislate based on personal beliefs, no matter how deeply believed/felt. Because those beliefs don't trump another's, and they don't trump body autonomy for women. Will…

No, they are interested in a simplistic, rhetorical argument, that masquerades as "saving lives" but in reality is about forced birth and reproductive slavery. I'm sure there are individuals who really, really, really, "believe" this is about saving lives. The problem with beliefs, however, is that they are nebulous,…

I think the problem is that a person whose opinions on abortion center around "beliefs" are not going to get convinced by any counter arguments, no matter how factual or scientific. Because beliefs are often emotionally based, nebulous, and something that is strongly felt, without needing to apply reason. And people…