I'm not being sexist. I'm being realistic. Hoping and wishing for a perfect world where no one commits crimes against women is unrealistic.

Exactly. Weigh the risks.

No, you don't get the fact that you don't live in a crime-free paradise. But you keep getting into cars with strangers. Go ahead.

Who said anything about sluts? It's not about her being a slut. It's about her not looking out for number one. Sorry, it's a terrible world we live in, and each of us has primary responsibility for protecting ourselves. It's stupid to behave as if we live in some kind of utopia where everyone always does the right…

Yes. Your point?

THANK YOU. That's all I'm trying to say.

It's not an either/or proposition. Obviously, the guys who "slut-drop" or worse, molest, rape, or kill women are terrible. They are reprehensible. The thing is: THEY AREN'T NEW. Men SOMETIMES (for the men who think I'm talking about all men) being terrible, violent, rapey, sexist assholes is not a new thing. We all…

If she recognizes them from class, I can understand somewhat. But a carload full of guys that they don't know well, on a night where they may be rowdy or drinking? Doesn't sound like a good bet.

Thanks. That was actually the first thing that jumped out to me. Men can be terrible. This is not news.

The practice is deplorable, and I don't understand why anyone would defend the idea that women should open themselves up to this kind of treatment.

Don't start what? How would a woman know whether the car was full of rapists or good guys? There is no way to know, so someone with common sense doesn't get into a car full of strangers.

The article is about women. This website is about women. I'm a woman. I assume most of the people reading this are women. I don't think I'm being sexist to address this comment to women.

I know, I know, women have no agency and can't make good decisions to prevent injury to ourselves. We must all depend upon men to act decently and protect us.

Have parents completely given up the idea that they are supposed to teach their kids how to protect themselves?

Same here, middle school was over 25 years ago. Well, at least we know the classics are still alive!

Self hatred is what I would deem it.

Is there something inherently more professional about white hair? Unfortunately, a lot of black sisters believe so. I can't count how many times, my black friends have looked at my hair in envy: "I wish I could go natural, BUT I have to look professional." I take pride in the fact that I haven't snatched one wig in…

This entire study is stupid. First, as Lindy mentioned, "pretty" is nothing more than dolling oneself up a certain way. Every Democrat can be "pretty" in the same way if they go to the same stylists that Republicans use.

Oh, that's hilarious. Everything you wrote in the previous message sounds like what me and my friends from the East Coast would have said in middle school.

You must be from the mid-Atlantic.