… which somehow implies there is some sort of distress women have to concern themselves with when faced with the prospect of watching a movie with men[.] Is this an actual problem in the world I'm just not aware of?

The real reason so many dudes are freaking out about this has nothing to do with equality. Most of them don't give a fuck about equality.

I won't address you respectfully because I don't respect you. Your thinking is sloppy, your claims are incorrect, and most of your replies don't speak to the point.

Now I see why you're so pissed off about this. You are exactly the type of person who created the need for safe spaces in the first place.

I wrote you refuse to discuss the facts because it's true.

That's good. I'm glad to hear it.

I offered you a bet and you declined. There's a limit to how much time I'm willing to spend on educating you. Reading what you write and spotting the errors is easy and fun, but I won't do your homework for you.

Brewfan, your account may have been hacked by Singul. Hope this helps.

I feel bad for your students. You don't know what you're talking about and you're an asshole. Get your facts straight before you open your pie-hole.

I appreciate the effort you put into that reply, honestly.

See, that's an ad hominem argument. "I'm a rhetoric teacher, so what I say is true." (It's also an appeal to authority.)

Hey, don't beat yourself up about it. Even when drunk, you weren't being a jerk at anyone, just venting about the general rush to judgment.

You don't understand what an ad hominem argument is.

Just as I predicted, you ignored the fact that the theater will provide the same service to any patron at every single other screening of this movie.

That would be a better comeback if you didn't start your complaint by denying the dictionary definition of the word.

Well, it's nice that you have company. You're still wrong.

Everyone else should learn more words because you misunderstand what "vibrant" means?

The point that you're missing here—probably purposely ignoring—is that the law differentiates between an instance of exclusion or limitation and a policy of blanket exclusion.

You're right about protected classes. Still wrong about what constitutes illegal discrimination.

I respect that point of view, but I disagree. I think a lot of the people who stayed home did so in large part because so many people worked hard to normalize Trump's bigotry, so non-voters didn't think it was dangerous. They told themselves, "Both candidates are the same. It doesn't matter who wins," when it was…