Well, the thing is, everything the judge said is true.

The internet fired the first shot, by making us so wary of online ads (throughs pop ups, autoplays, sounds, epilepsy inducing light effects, etc.) that no one even wants to give the new round of ads a chance.

MY GOD WHO WOULD GO TO THE DOCTOR WITHOUT SHOWERING?

there’s a lot of dumb virgin men on the internet who believe the more sex a woman has, the more “stretched out” the inner labia become. i couldn’t fucking make this shit up if i tried.

Wait, are there people who aren’t wearing panties with their yoga gear?

I’ve seen some variations in underpant cuts, but with all the brands that are mostly see-through, there are legit people who are commando in yoga classes?

*record scratch* Wait, there are people who don’t wear panties with their workout clothes and yoga pants???

I wonder if its related to the tickling thing, where guys think its somehow cute and funny to continue to tickle girls/women as the girl/woman is screaming at them to stop?

Its time for non huggers to unite against this invasion of our personal space. I’ve had enough. I had a so called friend tell me to “get over it” when I expressed my desire not to be hugged. This was a woman who should know better than to dismiss my feelings or at least understand its my body. If I feel comfortable…

Why do we put the onus on women to “be extremely clear about it” but not on men to do a better job of listening, reading body language, or how’s this, FUCKING ASKING? Consent should be enthusiastic.

I just think anyone who hears “Please don’t do that it makes me uncomfortable and I don’t like it.” and doesn’t change their behaviour is an asshole.

My parents are huggers and I am not. They seem to think I am a coldhearted bitch if I don’t hug them hello and good bye. I’m sorry but a forced hug is not a genuine expression of love and why would you want to make your loved one feel violated for your own good. How selfish! My kid and my husband respect my feelings…

It is abuse. He is controlling her behavior, denying her acess to where she needs to go and demanding she do something that makes her uncomfortable. Not all abuse involves fists.

Sadly, you shouldn’t have had to lose your shit to make him stop, but I can see that happening. I had a few boyfriends who were like that. I could say something nicely and they wouldn’t hear it. I could say something assertively and they wouldn’t hear it. Then I would yell and they would act all butt hurt like this…

not to mention it can go from 'you can't do that until you give me a hug' to 'you can't do that until you do this and this and this' very quickly.

my instant reaction was “i want to punch this guy in the fucking face”

If he knows how she feels about it and still keeps going, then yeah, there’s something fucked up happening there. The letter mentions she’s already talked to him about it before. Just being in a relationship with someone doesn’t mean they get to do whatever they want with your body, whenever they want, that’s…

But the wife has told him she does not find it funny, and he won’t stop. She needs to be extremely clear about it—then if it doesn't stop, he's absolutely being awful.

But it is. He won’t let her leave the house or go to the bathroom until she “pays” the hug tax, and if she refuses he physically dominates her. Controlling someone’s access to the bathroom, in particular, is so fundamentally wrong that I don’t think “borderline abusive” is too strong a descriptor.

I hate the very idea of this so much it makes my skin crawl and I feel all punchy and kicky. I imagine I'd have reacted with violence already at this point.