Cue the MRA's posting their mysterious figures proving that women actually commit more violent crimes...

You're being generous. The author of this particular op-ed pretty much showed (their?) hand when they included "stop taking lovers" along with their message. That aside, it was obviously published as PR for father's day, possibly without considering the creepy implications.

If anything this is an even worse spin on the "women need to be more vigilant about protecting themselves in public". By all means, let's just regress to encouraging women to be socially and economically dependent on men, or else! (Not enough vomit gifs available)

I know whereof you speak. Also I think it gives me the feels b/c my late ex had me dye his hair that way...

Apples/pears (good reference though)

Tests the average person's sanity more than most jobs, anyway. I can't imagine lasting 10 mins without dumping coffee on a patron's lap.

"...miasma..." —- heh heh heh

That's nice n' all, but they do it better in India...

Men being stronger and faster on average than women isn't a construct. Even if rape and sexual assault isn't always committed against the weaker by the stronger, the strength differential has always had a profound impact on how the sexes interact generally, individual variations notwithstanding. It's a little obtuse…

Maybe? I'm not sure how your claim implies that less attractive women find long term partners more easily, just that maybe they find short-term partners less easily.

Can I just say there is something really adorable about this hat?

This is really, really tastelessly OT, but IS ANYONE ELSE DISTRACTED BY THE FACT THAT JAIME LANNISTER LOOKS LIKE DENIS LEARY????

"a lot of people resist having a serious discussion about how capitalism exploits female labor" Isn't pay equality part of that discussion?

Cynical, but possibly true.

I noticed after I posted that someone else articulated it better than I did.

Exactly. I've had lots of boyfriends who, our own bedroom activities notwithstanding, still had at least one object they regularly liked to stick in their butts while pleasuring themselves.

Yeah, I had this thought too. Not that women are more "complain-y", but that I've heard (somewhere!) that women are more attuned to the state of their bodies, generally, for whatever reason, and that men are less likely to even register discomfort unless it interferes with their functioning.

Whenever I hear someone using the gay is bad because anal sex is wrong justification (which usually breaks down into "why is anal sex wrong?" "because teh gays do it") I always want to scream, "MOST of the people on Earth who are butt-fucking at any given time are STRAIGHT people"

Right? I like this and I'M NOT SORRY.! We need a support group.

Don't you do it? Everyone should at least once.