Though I think it’s also fair to say that trans women have their own, unique biological struggles that are generally not present for cis women, and that they also experience the oppression that comes along with them. I menstruate and have to spend money on menstruation-related supplies and medication (including birth…

Do you have any recommendations for resources? I can understand intellectually what the difference is and it’s obvious to me, but I feel like I lack the vocabulary to explain to other people why this isn’t a reasonable comparison.

Right? My grandparents are Holocaust survivors and my mom was my 5th/8th grade history teacher, so she pretty much just brought my grandmother in to talk to us.

How un-empathetic must some of these adults be to assume that kids won’t understand the seriousness of these atrocities if they’re just told about them?

It’s okay, you can’t be racist against white people. There is no sarcasm in this comment.

Even genetic markers wouldn’t necessarily confirm anything! They’re a lot more complicated than people like to think.

Unfortunately, yes, from reading your responses here it certainly seems that way. And I hate to say this, but really, really keep an eye on how he responds both to the suggestion that you see a therapist together and, assuming he agrees to go, how he behaves when you guys are there. I firmly believe that people can…

Also - don’t purchase anything or sell anything, don’t perform domestic labor (especially if that’s something your male partner can take care of), don’t perform emotional labor (for adults - kids are kids and what can you really do) and don’t perform any sexual labor. Participate in a demonstration after work if you…

Don’t feel guilty about not being able to skip work. There are other ways you can participate - don’t buy anything, don’t perform any domestic labor (especially if you live with a man/men), don’t perform any emotional or sexual labor. Wear red. Participate in demonstrations around work if you can. Skip classes if you…

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. You guys should consider couples’ therapy if it’s an option. This is clearly about something other than what’s on the surface and he is not communicating to you about what it is.

I believe she’s also Jewish - another quality Korwin-Mikke doesn’t like.

Men like this - and there are so many - almost always assert that they are, above all else, logical, and that this logic guides their beliefs, and further, that anyone who does not agree with them is fundamentally illogical. The deep irony of this assertion lies in the fact that these men, who use logic like a…

Really, spandex isn’t great for the vadge - though for me, I’ve found it has more to do with yeast infections than UTIs. Probably going without underwear is the best option, and then CHANGE OUT of those yoga pants ASAP.

I’ve only ever had one, and I suspect it was related to the fact that I was pregnant at the time.

“I’m a bigger grammarian than I am a feminist” is quite the statement.

Well, I mean, not to belabor the point, but you could have said “she,” which is also accepted convention. Plus, I just read a few figures indicating that women make up 65-80% of OB/GYNs.

While I agree that this is not and should not be described as rape, I don’t think that we need to be dismissive of the medical industry’s consistent undermining of female patients’ needs and desires. There is a very big difference between medical intervention that is necessary to save a patient’s life and a doctor…

On the one hand, yes, I do think that we need to encourage women to be more frank and comfortable discussing what they like and need sexually with their male partners.

That’s the thing that always gets me - I was never in a girls’ bathroom in high school or grade school that didn’t have separate stalls. How would you even know? In fact, in my grade school (and I imagine in many) the boys’ bathroom also only had separate stalls.

We were solidly middle class, and so was almost everyone around us (with some notable exceptions either direction), but I was always pretty clear on where we fell, probably because my mother grew up with money and my dad grew up truly poor.

I mean, I didn’t start having sex at 13, but I did at 14. We both got tested, which in retrospect is both admirable and hilarious given our mutual lack of experience, used a condom, and continued to have sex for the remainder of our relatively short but overall positive relationship. We are still friends to this day.…