I read DD's response, but I feel that something is missing. It's not just that this student is wrong, but another issue is that expressing this opinion is harmful to the women in your classroom. So it's not just about correcting the facts but also about correcting the idea that he's comfortable to express a…

Mainstream feminism at large only focuses on issues that affect white women. Do you think, then, that women of color shouldn't be feminists because we don't experience some of the primary issues that feminists fights for?

I'm dismissing this reply because it's off topic to this thread.

Some people do. I think it's buying into a lot of sexist-rooted mythology to assume that everyone does. I'm not sure what your last sentence is arguing; do you not think abortion is a medical procedure?

Yep. Just swallow your pride, accept that 22 is very young to do any kind of job well, so as a result you need to observe and ask your veteran teachers a million questions. And this will sound harsh (veteran, sorry), but until you can either actually think of yourself as the adult in the classroom or at least fake it,…

I find it's helpful to get some concrete experiences to counteract their superficial theories. I adore my grandma and she's super pro-choice because she's libertarian...but as a result she's a bit of a gun nut. So when she talks about the 2nd Amendment, I'll say, "Yeah I get why you would think that, I just know I…

I find it telling that so many people are comparing abortion to open-heart surgery and tumor surgery. It's not surgery. Still, I'm not saying people aren't emotional. I'm saying there isn't an assumption that they are for other standard medical procedures, whereas there is a huge myth that the emotional reaction to an…

I'm dismissing this comment because it's off-topic.

I disagree. You think it's common to say, "You just had open-heart surgery; how do you feel about the procedure?" You might ask about someone's health but not their emotional state. There's not an existing mythology that the people who get open-heart surgeries are emotional to a fault and open-heart surgeries are…

It's a medical procedure. Some people get scared, some get sad, some don't care, some are over-the-moon when it's over. The fact that everyone is always emphasizing the emotional reaction strikes me as very sexist - no one doggedly asks men for their emotional reactions after their medical procedures.

I'm so happy you responded to this comment. Better than the dog picture - this mini-thread is solid gold.

This is so scary; I know you meant it in a facetious way :) but in my state, we have privatized prisons and many systems in place directly to keep more people in so they can grow the jails because white people be making money off of it! So if they enact a law like this in my darling Louisiana, all the prison…

That's the interesting thing - you would never hear these legislators trying to ban the agrichemicals and toxins that harms fetuses (not to mention the entire environment and everyone else). When white dudes are getting richer, it's all good because it's in the name of economics. But a chance to blame women? Suddenly…

I'm out too. LOVE YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU! You should have been EIC. Of the world.

As someone with hips, I appreciate seeing hips on a beauty icon. Go'head Kim! Do it for us curvy girls! I think she looks great. The clothes are ugly but she looks phenomenal #vocalminority

Oh stop.

Haha! In what world are Bey and Jay private?

The argument most people are presenting is that Kim is a wildly inappropriate mother because she brought a baby to a fashion show period. Your point is taken, it's just that the argument in this thread hasn't been "If it were her show it'd be fine".

Like this woman?

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