When people just hand over their ID when they don't need to, or allows searches because they're "not hiding anything", they're enabling the abuse of authority and giving away everyone's rights as well.

I'm a bit baffled by this. Yes, the rule barring women from priesthood is lame. But why would an intelligent woman want anything to do with the Catholic Church anyway?

Of course Ashley Madison is gonna do shit like this to generate outrage and negative publicity. They're never going to get any business by word of mouth. Lots of people go around telling everyone, "I met my wife on OKCupid." No one's telling all their acquaintances, "I met my mistress on Ashley Madison." The best way…

PS~ Lindy, if you found that you felt significantly better after cutting out gluten, it's worth considering getting a celiac test. It's just a blood test and your regular doctor can do it. And you need to eat gluten before getting it or it won't work.

SO in closing, you're just not great around the kitchen.

This morning, I had a large omelet and did 15 minutes elliptical so I totally get it, Alysia.

All of your examples would visibly change the person's appearance. I've had an appendix removed before, no separation anxiety. Also, I'd be 100%okay with losing testes assuming they were replace with fake ones and testosterone shots. Granted, I have as many kids as I want already.

Not to be overly picky, but a hysterectomy does not put you into menopause. That only happens if you have both ovaries removed, aka oopherectomy. If the cervix is left behind, as is often the case in non-cancer cases, most people can't even tell they don't have a uterus anymore.

The question before the jury presumably was both (1) the value of a 48ear old woman's uterus and (2) pain and suffering from having the procedure done wrongfully - the article says malpractice was established. While organs are rarely without value, a 48 year old's uterus doesn't really have practical life left in…

Not always — and I am vegan and firmly PRO-vaccine. And I would not refuse my infant non-vegan medication. But my pediatriacian insisted that my son's health problems (frequent ear infections) were caused by my vegan diet and urged me to eat nothing but meat and potatoes. She had zero actual empirical evidence for…

Given the fact that her kids made the statement...

This was a really interesting read. But, I feel like she really wanted to rub in the face of the smug Wellesley friend that she was wrong, and 3/4 of what she said was either nitpicky or incorrect (regarding the show). Like:

A good friend of mine when to federal prison for 3 months. She got a suspended sentence (and is black too...good lawyer? Don't know but I know it was her first offense ever in life and it wasn't violent so maybe that had something to do with her minimal time inside). Anyway, she's watched and said it's pretty similar…

Agreed. The career fair specifically—Kerman talks about this in her book, it really happened. Not exactly as it went down in the show, but it was part of a program offered to inmates that supposedly got them ready to reenter society in a more productive role. I liked how she spoke about it because it showed how the…

My husband got put in a Psych ward for a few days, he told me that his experience was really eerily similar to OITNB. There were locks on the doors, Police walking around limits to what you could have (no knives with meals) but since the ward was mostly people having a tough time and not violent towards anyone except…

Who watches television for reality? If I watch a show about doctors, cops or nurses, it's not because I want to spend 45 minutes watching them do paperwork. It's entertainment and escapism from real life.

Run along. The adults are talking.

Why would women enter STEM when they are discriminated against in employment? EVERY SINGLE BLIND STUDY has shown gender discrimination when presenting faculty (admissions) or employers with gender-swapped names. Just go to Google Scholar and fucking search.

There's also another side to this coin, and that's the fact that men are often more confident about their abilities and will apply for the 'big' jobs, like Facebook, even if they only meet some of the hiring criteria, while women will generally not apply for a job if they don't meet all of the criteria. Women take…