Pretty sure you hit the nail on the head.

I'm alright with saying it's offensive with both. But not EQUALLY offensive to both.

"She keeps going with a slew of "reasons" — more accurately described as "gender stereotypes" — about how women are naturally better at raising a family. I don't find that notion as offensive to women as it is to men, who are not only capable of nurturing their children but excel at it when given the chance."

I don't know why but lately the horror of waiting in lines just hasn't seemed as horrific as the horror of little children bashing one another's brains out.

Well done.

I can tell you that in Latin America the only legitimate programs that recruit English teachers from abroad are funded or partially funded by the US government and/or local government. The best way to go to a Latin American country (and I'm sure this is true of many non-LA countries) to teach is as an exchange teacher…

Lol. Thanks for this info. If I get pregnant and want coffee I'll remember to explicitly ask for coffee with caffein "for my husband." Then I'll drink it in front of the baristas.

Additionally, people have so much confidence in men to make decisions about their health that no one interferes when men become so addicted to "fitness" that they actually start to destroy themselves. Some of these body builders you see at the gym five+ hours a day are destroying their bones and ligaments, and even…

Perfect example of how boys are taught, from day one, that they can hurt girls with impunity. Also a perfect example of how girls are taught to expect and tolerate male violence.

Actually, that pisses me off too.

The Baum quote is obviously swiftian satire. BUT, this photograph is disgusting. Absolutely disgusting. Stomach turning really. Non-Indian Americans still have a very genocidal attitude towards Indian Americans, and one of the ways that comes out is in "our" attempts to relegate Indian Americans to "story-book land"…

Yes, but in once you get past the BA/MA/early PhD stage in the humanities you realize that they are %100 male dominated. Prestigious conferences are %100 male. Most prestigious research clusters are %100 male. Since no one cares about the humanities no one keeps an eye on them and men in the humanities don't even need…

What? No, I was contrasting Patrick Stewart to guys who want ze cookies. Like the guy I think Kablaaamo is referencing.

If, by "paper bag full of dog shit" you mean the Hugo article, then yeah. Men who already are clearly very successful in their lives, who have nothing to gain by coming out and supporting women's rights, but do so anyways, are super heros. Men who become allies because they want a cookie, or a new career, or "to be…

PS gets it. A little OT, but another guy who I think genuinely gets it and is probably a real ally is Neil Degrasse Tyson. If you haven't seen him talk about why women don't go into science you should. (He puts the other dudes to shame. You can tell he's the only one who actually understands that the playing field…

It might also depend on what specific field the OP is in. I know that in my field there are very few good programs like the one I described that will actually take you out of college. There are always exceptions. There's a girl in my program who is 21, right out of college. But she has already organized a major…

Can I just add: SHOES! One of my biggest pet peeves is people who waste money on cheap shoes. My $200 shoes have lasted YEARS. And my feet are not screwed up. Your $30 shoes will last months, and you will end up in the podiatrist's office with medical bills in a few years.

It's not an either or thing. I'm in a PhD program that I like very much but almost all my graduate student colleagues worked outside of academia for at least four years before going back to school. I wouldn't encourage ANYONE to go to grad-school without spending a MINIMUM of three or four years in the "real" world…

I also have no sympathy for (non-addict) hipsters and yuppies in the US who contribute to the disintegration of people's communities abroad by buying non-homegrown drugs.