I'm a phd candidate in the humanities. And I can tell you that you are dead wrong. Men in the humanities are virulently misogynistic. The fact that women take more humanities classes than men, or that there are more women getting degrees (including higher degrees) in the humanities means nothing. A student is not a…

No one doubts that. In fact, that's exactly what everyone who finds this absolutely tasteless and crass is pointing out. It doesn't make it any less tasteless or crass.

"... the sexual revolution, which helped women gain autonomy over their bodies."

I'm very very anti-porn... but honestly, I have nothing against playboy, in terms of just the images they put out there. They mostly don't even have anything to do with P in V sex. They're just fluffy, airbrushed images of pretty girls in pretty clothes near pretty things showing their shaved vulva. If most porn had…

It's reminiscent of the way that social services have pressured and still pressure indigenous people to give up their children to group homes/faster care. Of course... that's an extreme comparison. But as I keep saying, the "fat class" is now the new "underclass" of society. Being fat AND poor AND of color makes you…

Agreed. I hate the patriarchal institution that is medicine as much as anyone. And I especially hate the OBGYNs, who largely train through rape. (I'm referring to the still widely practiced practice of penetrative "exams" on unknowing, sedated, unconscious female patients which med students perform.) But just... you…

Well, it's nice to know he was possibly a pretty decent guy. I always thought he was incredibly sexy.

That right there is failure. I mean... James Stewart. I wouldn't have forgiven myself if I was her. Do you know why Stewart turned her down?

Well... the other fact that seems to go right over these heads is that the rumors themselves were a re-victimization of the girl. We "outsiders" understand that they were mostly false. But we also understand that, at a first level, they were spread by people who were in close cultural contact with the community. The…

This case absolutely does happen everywhere and everyday. The vast majority of assaults like the Steubenville assault (which was a truly callous, sadistic assault) just never get reported... let alone prosecuted. And I think we all subconsciously know this and are angry about it. So yeah, you had this phenomenon where…

Caplin Rous is the best Capy. But why does he hate Carol?

I don't think that becoming a teacher is by any means a poor decision. There are definitely still good teaching jobs. It's just that right now, in places like CA, people who started on that career path within the last ten years expecting one thing have gotten quite another. Again... most of the people I'm talking…

I think most people who are 30 or under who are teachers in CA (i.e. most people who've been teaching fewer than 10 years and were therefore automatically pink slipped a few years ago when there were massive purges of teachers from schools in CA, or who haven't been able to get jobs because of hiring freezes) hope…

Male privilege = bliss.

Yeah. Marital rape is a big thing... and a bad thing. But what I find to be even more prevalent (especially in long term or "exclusive" relationships) is the whole.. "Hmmm... It's two AM and I'm kinda horny. I really want to stick my penis in you but you're asleep. Waking you up seems like a lot of trouble... I'll…

I don't think Lindsay Lohan can afford to turn down $30K

In all honesty, though, you're doing a greater disservice to Dawkins than anyone holding him responsible for what he thinks. You're implying that he's been brainwashed (the actual word you use) and that his experience of his abuse (that it ultimately wasn't that bad for him) is not his real experience... or at least,…

They've done many small scale surveys like this in the US. Of course the same men who answer "no" to the question, "Have you ever raped someone?" will answer yes to questions like, "Have you ever initiated sex with a woman while she was passed out? Have you ever initiated sex with a woman while she was asleep? Have…

Also, you could argue that everyone is a little bit paedophilic... which I know is a creepy way to start any comment but hear me out...

Oh... ha ha ha... I totally read that as canning.