I’m also a heterosexual white male, but I don’t have this problem?

Whatever your opinions of PETA, the notions that there are parallels between the objectification of woman and the objectification of nonhumans, and that intersectionality has to include all oppressed groups are not exactly news. Just as one example: http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/animal…

Unlikely. The dole rules are so strict that anyone who can’t prove they’re looking for work is kicked off it and made destitute. Even a one-way ticket through the Channel Tunnel would pretty much wipe out a week’s payment, and that’s before getting to London, getting from Paris to Marseilles, food and so on. No, this…

The thing is, it’s not about being betrayed by the universe. It’s about being discriminated against in a society that values height. It’s not just a case of dating. Taller men make more money, for example. This isn’t some random event. By your argument, short guys like me are supposed to be cool about the fact that…

Short, bearded, nerdy man here.

Argo floats, used for oceanographic research, are the same size (I suspect this may be one). They regularly transmit data to satellites.

I concur. It reminds me of an Argo float, used for oceanographic research. Consider an early version of one of these, with the yellow paint rubbed off through long-term immersion.

This reminds me of an Argo float, part of a scientific sensor array for studying the deep oceans.

For those who are a bit sick of further intrusion into their private lives, here is a DIY solution to the proliferation of these things.

No, you wouldn't because

Of course you won't get exact figures for the women forced into backstreet abortions as a result of the actions of Christian theocrats in the US or elsewhere. By definition the activity is clandestine, because you can go to jail in many US states if you are a woman trying to control your own fertility - and US jails…

In the US you just stick people in indefinite solitary confinement after a show trial that targets those who are not Caucasian (that or have the police shoot them).

Eh? What? Pointing out that ISIS are not the only ones committing such crimes does not absolve ISIS.

Given that women die when they seek out backstreet abortions, or when doctors refuse to act to save a woman's life because of misogynist laws, yes, I do think that. I certainly think that such conditions spring from the same misogynistic attitudes (although, to be fair, this type of fundamentalist would chop off male…

You said you had to get on a plane to see these attitudes and this "completely different reality" in action.

Some people in the "enlightened" West (mostly, I suspect, men) believe that a child from rape is a "blessing", and that women should have no access to contraception or abortion.

Much of what you write is true. That said, much of what comes out of the mouths of US politicians (and much of the policy which results) is based on very similar attitudes to women. While I would agree that something (although I'm not too clear on what) needs to be done about the likes of ISIS, Boko Haram and others),…

I want to take a step back before making such demands.

I'd assume option 2.

"How about we say HANDICAPPED and call it a day?"