AMEN. This is what bugs me about “choice feminism” - choices are great, obviously, and anyone should be free to make whatever choices they want regardless of gender (as long as they’re not hurting others). But feminism is more than that, and I hate seeing it reduced to “I chose to do this, therefore it’s a feminist…

What credentials do you have that should make us value your input over the eleven-plus state investigations of Planned Parenthood that found no evidence of wrongdoing? (Not a single investigation - and these were launched by states that actually had motivation to find wrongdoing in any possible way - has turned up…

What, a woman invading his personal space and making unwanted physical contact with him? Outrageous! Who would do such a thing?

The full transcript of the recording (http://en.iranwire.com/features/7067/) is insane. An excerpt: “Emadi: You mean touching your tummy over your clothes is considered touching? Shirani: Of course! That’s my body. Emadi: I didn’t even touch your breasts.” The complete disregard for another human being’s autonomy is…

This entire comment is perfection! Starring was not enough to express my appreciation.

Alright, if you take issue with “attack”, allow me to rephrase: “dismiss” works just as well.

According to the FBI, of women who were homicide victims in 2010, 37.5% were killed by romantic partners. That doesn’t mean that a woman is likely to be killed by a man, but those numbers are enough to make most women wary of men in the context of relationships.

No, fetal tissue is not sold. Some Planned Parenthood clinics are engaged in the *perfectly legal* practice of donating tissue from aborted fetuses to biotech companies for medical research; they used to accept reimbursements for the costs of procuring the tissue from these companies. Following the video fiasco,…

This. I wish we would press these psychos a little harder on their logic. Their arguments disintegrate easily enough when you look into technicalities. Like, do they really think there’s a black market for *fetal* organs? If there is one, why would PP need to be involved, when according to these people PP is raking in…

It doesn’t matter that the anti-suffrage movement has lost relevance; janchief raises an excellent point. You claim that something can’t be deemed a war on women if it garners significant female support. However, if we use your criteria as our metric, then the denial of voting rights to women was not discriminatory…

Yeah, for members of a party that just looooves to bang on its “Constitutional rights!!!1!” drum when it comes to gun ownership, they seem to care very little about the First Amendment, which makes this monstrosity unconstitutional right off the bat.

No, actually. My mother was pro-choice even when happily pregnant with me. Being pro-choice does not mean one favors compulsory abortions, or that one would even choose abortion for one’s self. There are intelligent ways to engage in your side of the abortion debate; this is not one of them.

Amazing how people believe that pro-choice women don’t have children. Giving birth does not make one ‘pro-life’. My mother is pro-choice as well, and I credit her with raising me to value my reproductive rights.

This is so horrifying. I’m physically ill. This feels like something you’d read about in a history textbook - some ancient ruler who lived the high life while his subjects drank poisoned water, and continuously ignored their concerns about its quality, all to cut costs for his government. Absolutely nauseating and…

I’ve noticed he says it during the debates, too. Always “when”, not “if”. I’m guessing he believes it conveys a sense of confidence? Self-assured manliness? Idk, but it’s definitely a conscious decision.

It’s what Jesus would have wanted!

Just going down liking every one of your posts. Your comments on this issue are consistently on point. I wish we lived in a world where Sanders could feasibly accomplish all of his lofty goals, but we currently do not, and if we want to make baby steps toward that world, we need to be willing to compromise.

Question: do people like Huckabee ever actually follow their beliefs to their natural conclusions? I mean, say abortion is child abuse - does he believe in removing a woman’s children from her custody if she has an abortion? And if he believes abortion is murder, which he probably does, do we give the death penalty to…

Whoa, hang on, I hope I’m misreading the meaning of what you said. What you find gross is that a 14-year-old girl is “angling for a kiss and tell”?! How about we agree that teenagers are going to have crushes on adults, and sometimes be flattered by romantic attention from them (if the OK! story contains even a speck…

This isn’t aimed at you, but rather a general PSA: people, don’t bring trolls out of the greys! BurnNoir is quite evidently a misogynist piece of shit, or at least gets a thrill out of pretending to be one, as exemplified by his commenting history.