Research shows it does more damage than good. Like spanking, parents who do this get quick, desired results, but long-term the results are awful. Parents instill a fear of humiliation rather than knowledge of right from wrong and empathy with another human being.

Can people PLEASE stop publicly shaming their kids? I know it's cute when you put the "I eat my own feces" sign on a dog, but kids have actual social consequences. It's not okay to BE the bully in your kid's life.

Dear Jezzies,

For any assholes saying this "trend" needs to stop:

I have a suggestion for 10: gasometry. Or specifically, a blood gasometry on arms that are already all black and blue and skinned raw from previous gasometries and other exams. When that giant needle goes in, it is out of body experience pain levels.

Oh so it's a FATE thing. Jesus Christ.

You don't try to get over it. Just decide if that's the type of thing you're OK with. If it isn't, cut him loose. Never try to regulate the behavior of the guy you're dating, just decide if the behavior is something you want in your life. The purpose of dating is to get to know whether the person is a match for the…

Does anyone else have a problem posting on Kinja? I don't have posting privileges but i can reply. HOWEVER, so many times i've tried but the site crashes. I also notice that on really long threads, like Saturday Night social, once it gets to a certain point it will NOT scroll any further — just crash. So many…

Ugh....I am officially the last of my gang to be single. Why do they want such serious boyfriends at 23!? WHY?!! Now everything centred around them! Oh...we can't go out...Alex doesn't like that place. Oh we can't go there....Dave thinks they have crap beer. Oh I can't go out - I have to iron Owens shirts for the week…

It's amazing because Mariska has admitted that she had no idea HOW SEVERE the problem was before SVU. And then she was just gutted after the show gained momentum because rape victims would write to her to say thank you, or because they felt like they could trust her to be the ONLY person they spoke about their rape…

IIRC, the current NYPD SVU is not only made up almost entirely of male cops, one of them was comfortable enough with his belief that any victim who asks for a female officer is obviously lying about being raped that he shared it with the New York Times.

Hooray for false equivalences!

And when Christianity decides to a) get less intolerant overall, and b) actively shout down their own bigots, then we can talk.

I completely disagree that someone shouldn't have to disclose their HIV status if they don't want to. That's irresponsible and unfair to the other person. Even if the chance of transmission is 1%, the person with HIV doesn't get to make that choice for his partner.

Actually, in the statement released by one of those he infected (in this article), she clearly states that "He groomed his victims by gaining their trust. He lied by telling all of us that he was HIV negative." Is that enough?

My thought is that you report him to the Dept. of Health. Anonymously, of course.

Because condoms never, ever, ever break and people (WOMEN) are never pressured or coerced into not using them. I agree with you that you should ALWAYS use protection in a situation like this but blaming the victims is wrong. This guy committed a horrible crime and he should be the one we're focused on shaming.

There is a MAJOR difference between being sex positive, and full-on lying about your sexual health to partners and knowing full well you can/will infect them with HIV. It's not about the amount of partners, it's about the crime at hand.

Post Sunday church, there was a lot of prayer at the diner I worked, which was generally fine by me. It did always feel so uncomfortable when asking if they needed anything else after slinging their pancakes only to be answered with a prayer. Especially when that prayer happened in lieu of thanking the girl who…

Is there any stipulation about who the customer has to be praying to?