I’m not sure anyone got past the punchline, up to and including all the adults. It was almost always framed as “look at what this crazy hysterical woman DID”, and very rarely did any conversation of motivation or abuse arise because it was always centered on the action, a joke about the last name, and rarely the…

Bless his heart.

The lack of empathy is just stunning. This is one of my worst nightmares.

Cool, now I know when to do literally anything else.

“For me, but not for thee.”

This gentleman wants and expects the acceptance and understanding he actively denied others.

This is the correct take. I wish there were a way to signal-boost your answer, because it gets to the heart of the issue. The President, VP, and by association their wives, have taken literal vows to represent the whole of America as public servants. Even the gay ones.

Good.

THIS. It took me a while to adjust to an e-reader, but once I did....I carry my whole library with me. I miss the covers and the feel of the pages, as well as the relative ease of being able to find certain places in the book I want to reread, but if I can have my books in e-reader form I’ll grudgingly give up real…

I have the feeling Frances would be very pleased by this particular Streisand Effect.

She also dragged out the “he’s my friend” and “question the source”, despite the fact questioning the source(s) is an idiotic statement because he admitted he did what everyone said he did.

It’s amazing how they keep saying the quiet parts loud.

This is doubly applicable for folks who take public transit to work. While you and the guy next to you may have paid sick time at your company, the eight other people standing around next to you may not (and probably don’t).

Please stop posting for a while. I can’t dismiss this post but you are one of the folks here (male) who are busy wanting to talk, but aren’t listening, and are busy replying to literally everyone in order to prove it.

This is the encapsulation of it and what men don’t get. I know most men think “what? It’s got to be flattering, we’re complimenting you!” But when it’s couched in sexuality “You look fantastic/beautiful”, it’s an evaluation of sexual worth and judgment, and it diminishes the worth of the woman in question depending on…

Also, fedora tip to the trolls who continue to prove the point of “most men still don’t believe it’s a thing”.

Agree about the compartmentalization, in part because while I find some men attractive that doesn’t seem to be the reverse. I’ve basically stopped dating and have actually found it rather freeing.

Well, it’s been a while, so let me see. Also, if you aren’t experiencing this, congratulations. I’m honestly delighted about that.

I’ve managed this long without hearing one of Orange Windbag’s speeches out loud, so no. Hell no. I would rather clean grout out of my bathroom tiles or sit and stare at the wall for an hour than listen to that.

That’s a fair point, and it sounds like a really good topic for an in-depth article that I’d like to read. I myself raised an eyebrow when I read the bit about how she was only “aware of the broad strokes of the story” and that she only paused after a male friend raised the concern.