Sounds pretty reachy. If I’m a man am I under the inescapable influence of the patriarchal standards of the old, rich, white men that run the world because I’m expected to wear pants to work? If I am under that influence, is the only acceptable path for me to reject that and instead wear a skirt? Wouldn’t that just be…

The guy is a huge douche. Seems like leveraging your political position for favors denied “common citizens” should be grounds for more than just a monetary lawsuit.

Yes, gender and sex are widely known to be different things, so isn’t this akin to refusing to identify as green-eyed? If the two things (gender and sex) are so divorced from each other, why would these people want to muddy the waters by refusing to identify the sex of their child rather than saying “Our child is…

Seems like they’d see it as a loaded question akin to “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?”

I hate people that hate.

That just sucks. No way around it. You have my sympathy.

Imagine all those restaurants, car washes, etc. having this very problem EVERY YEAR. Hire whatever kids can sweet talk their way through the interview, then have them quit two weeks later. They’ll just make a policy that says they won’t hire anyone within two months of graduation, making those jobs even more scarce.

YES! Let’s have government-run organizations meddle in people’s lives! What could go wrong?

You know what happens when you assume, right?

I don’t follow where you’re headed with that comment. Could you explain a bit for those of us (me) who are slower than the average?

Might’ve gone on a slight tangent here, but this is an issue with so many interesting aspects!

If I could teach my kids one attitude to guide them it would be “Do what you like. What other people think of it is immaterial.”

That’s the complicated part of the issue. What constitutes “mental illness?” Obviously people who are a danger to themselves or others should be barred from owning firearms, but it’s an extremely delicate balance to strike between keeping guns out of the wrong hands and unjustifiably removing a person’s constitutional…

I’ll be interested to see how this all shakes out. If the mother is right then yes, that is some grade A bull pucky. If new information comes to light I’d be interested to see what it is that could justify this type of thing.

The gun issue isn’t as simple as that. Don’t get me wrong, I hate Trump with the fiery passion of a thousand burning suns for any number of reasons, but I value Americans’ 2nd Amendment rights more than I hate Trump.

Behaviors, murderous or not, always have underlying causes.

He confessed to her that he had had other violent relationships that he had hidden from her, and she filed for annulment.

Technically it is one step. It’s just preceded by another step and followed by a different step. Yay for branding!

I’ve gotten LOTS of practice at this. My job is about 50% troubleshooting AV systems over the phone for people whose job descriptions didn’t include any sort of technical skills whatsoever.

I’m just curious: Are there no lesbians who enjoy shaving, wearing dresses, sporting high heels, or donning makeup? If there are lesbians who do it and they’re pretty pointedly DISinterested in the male perspective, how could those things be inherently and unilaterally driven by conformity to patriarchal standards?…