I think it’s shortsighted to just accept the current situation. It’s estimated that the US will face a shortage of as many as 90,000 physicians within the next decade. It is clearly in our interests to address this shortage. One way would be to look at strategies to make the field more accessible, such as increased…

I think the statement can be interpreted in two ways:

You mean Tylenol (acetaminophen/paracetamol). Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is pretty safe.

When I said we need to frame harassment as a problem that affects the entire workplace, I don’t mean that we should do that to the point where we ignore harm done to the victim. But I do think that a large part of the problem is that people are interested in protecting their group. That instinct is difficult (perhaps…

Those were just some suggestions; as I said I don’t claim to have a perfect solution. I don’t think there exists any one program or set of policies that can be universally applied. But fundamentally we need to change how the issue of workplace harassment is viewed, in general.

I think this is partially a consequence of how we have collectively framed the issue of harassment: that is, as an action that group A (men/white people) have the power to take against group B (women/people of color). Reporting harassment then becomes framed as the inverse: an action available to group B to use…

The issue I have with burqa-bans is two-fold: (1) I am wary of laws dictating how people are allowed to dress and practice their religion, and (2) I don’t think governments banning the burqa is necessarily an effective way to help those oppressed by it.

There’s some evidence for that actually. I don’t have the research in front of me but offhand I believe conservatives have more negativity bias (they are more likely to remember negative things and place more emphasis on negative memories) and conservatives have stronger disgust reactions.

Your comments in this thread are all cogent and well-written.

I’m curious what your criteria for male are. I would argue that people call you “he” because you look and act in ways that line up with their idea of “a man” and not because you happen to be male. The things that make you male (basically genitalia, hormone levels, and chromosomes) are not things that other people can…

That seems like a situation in which a gun would be useful but, say, a knife could also be useful. It could also potentially be survived without any weapon at all.

I can easily conceive of scenarios wherein a firearm would be useful or beneficial, but what scenario necessitates a firearm?

A person cannot truly be said to have a right if there are significant and insurmountable barriers to accessing that right. The problem with expecting individuals to pay for their own healthcare is that many forms of healthcare are fundamentally not affordable. Without some means of sharing the costs, that financial…

In what situation is a firearm a necessity?

These guys who pull shit like this in public are just socially awkward assholes, which is perceived as misogyny, but really they are scared of the women because they aren’t socialized around them properly.

Doing a good job requires effort. Making it harder for people to vote against you requires almost no effort.

That’s your prerogative. It doesn’t seem any worse to me to insist that it’s universally a slur than to insist that it universally isn’t.

I think you are conflating statistical characteristics, stereotypes, and racist behavior.

In the US, generally, cunt is a slur. That doesn’t make it a slur in British usage of course but that’s why you get flack for it on a site with primarily American readership.

Fingers crossed no one is pausing the game to jerk off to the lady avatars mid killing spree.