Sadly many religious organizations are still stuck in the middle ages when it comes to including women in the hierarchy. I know of at least one group of Catholic nuns that supports birth control amongst other things and the church has threatened to excommunicate them.

I'm a microbiologist, so whole I'm neither infected with nor have access to Ebola, there are some other interesting specimens hanging around the lab.

I'm sorry, have you ever worked in the service industry? I did, it's what got me through college to find what you call a "professional job". And maybe it's because I took that path that I am absolutely dumbfounded when people say all you need is education to get a better job. Some people actually make a career out of…

Why? I didn't say I would, but that I'm angry enough that the thought entered my mind. Besides, if you're monetarily punishing all servers based on the opinions of a few people like me, I think that says more about you than it does about me.

If I ever run across her in any restaurant downtown, it will take every ounce of self control I have to keep myself from spitting in her food.

Since even dumb phones have a tip calculator, this is a complete bullshit on her part.

I take pains to, but when I do its usually filtered through Jezebel or Skepchick.

No, I'm referring to the movie and TV trope where a guy can't connect with the girl or she says she's not interested and he then devises some convoluted scheme to make her realize just how awesome he is instead of realizing that they may not be compatible or respecting her decision.

This is why I've had such a hard time watching romantic comedies lately. If I have to hear about one more guy having to basically stalk or trick a girl into to liking him because he's too awkward or too much of a "nice guy" I'm going to be physically ill.

I completely agree that people need the ability to live independently, and I'm really glad to hear that you had the skills to cope when faced with that kind of situation. But what I'm talking about is more about the inability to trust people than being independent. For me there's an anxiety component, that I need to…

I was also raised by a single mother and have trouble with relationships, not just romantic. I had it drilled into me I needed to be as independent as possible because at some point, everyone will fuck you over. It makes it really hard to trust people, even in little ways.

You can also add hypocrisy to her list of stupidity: she sells a product on her website that contains BHT, an antioxidant that increases shelf life and is recognized as safe, despite her claims that it's toxic. Now who's doing this for money again?

Thank you, this is awesome. You don't need to be a scientist to know what she's saying is crap, just a good baloney detector and some critical thinking skills.

I can sympathize. Due to anxiety problems I'm also a virgin, and only a few of my close friends know. But those that do have never given me any bit of crap about it. My mother, on the other hand, made my best friend promise that she would find me someone. On her death bed. Her body was mostly cancer and she was barely…

I grew up getting Cadbury eggs mailed to me from my British relatives. I didn't understand why none of my friends liked them as much as I did until I tried one of the American ones. Thank god I live within driving distance of the border. I have a feeling I'll be the supplier for several friends who lived further…

I was at a restaurant and in their bathrooms, the stall walls and door were floor to ceiling and closed securely. Is that really a difficult thing to do? My own personal preference is to do my business with as much privacy as possible, regardless of who's in the next stall.

I used to work at a place that said they'd card if you looked under 40, but I tended not to because it always took way too long for people to dig out their IDs and if they didn't have it when I asked, I wasn't legally allowed to serve them alcohol, regardless of how old they looked. Then one day a woman pointed to…

You mean permits like those that require construction standards so buildings don't collapse? Licences that keep untrained people from performing medical procedures? Schools that, while they could be improved still manage to turn out a lot of educated and competent workers? Or police that also despite their failings…

Do you really believe the rights of the individual trump all? If so, then which individual? Where do your rights end and mine begin? Because you seem willing to protect the rights of stockholders over the rights people trying to earn a wage they can live off of.

Yes I do, because no one wants to waste meat and what are you going to do? Go completely meatless? Raise your own animals? What about making sure all the other food you're sold is safe to consume? Unless you're willing to grow everything yourself, you really need oversight for the food industry.