$500 doesn't sound like enough for a crime against a person. That's sounds like a bad speeding ticket. You probably get fined more for having tall grass on your property.

The Massachusetts Legislature passed a law barely twenty-four hours after the SJC's ruling that addressed the SJC's concerns and effectively closed the loophole through which the original upskirting ruling was made.

Thank you. I told him it was misogynistic and tired. He insisted it was funny and the conversation devolved from there. I am trying to educate him but Jesus, it feels useless.

This is how I put it to my male officemates last year, when a member of the custodial staff had started making a habit of cornering female grad students who were working late/alone. "He's harmless! Have you ever talked to him? He's a funny guy!"

As a transman - I am *right* there with you on this.

I *know* what it is to live as a woman - to *never* feel entirely safe, even in your own home. And now that half my brain isn't occupied with the *constant* assessment and evaluation of my personal safety and emotional security because I am visually and socially…

Dear #NotAllMen,

And it's comments like yours that highlight that men need feminism, too. My friend tagged me in this picture on Facebook awhile ago, just reposting it.

Since Saturday I have been completely dismissive and unwilling to speak with anyone who challenges me even in the slightest about any of this. I'm not sorry about it either.

No joke, I've been posting since at least 2008, and I have gotten rid of accounts and stopped posting altogether several times since this place becomes more and more of a troll convention with each passing year. I lost a starred account in the first kinja switchover, and had to live and die in the gray comments for…

I don't know if it's that I'm still feeling so deeply saddened by the Isla Vista shootings of a few days ago, or Maya Angelou's passing, but by the end of this article I was in angry/exhausted tears. It feels hopeless sometimes, because no matter what you say, there are still people who don't believe any of this…

#ItIsAllMen.

Don't feed the trolls, people. They don't deserve to derail this conversation. This post is important and we don't need to be sullying our hands with #notallmen whiners right now. Please and thanks.

All women have had men threaten them and attempt to force them to do things they do not want to do. Do women grope you and try to force you to do things? Women are not always afraid and many women are perfectly capable of defending themselves. However, women get tired of having to be on guard all the time.

I think the truly sad part is you don't even realise how fucking stupid you actually are.

Because women don't grope men who don't want to be groped. You're picturing getting unexpectedly felt up by some girl you find attractive, right? Well, picture this. You're 20 years old and skinny. A 40 year old woman who weighs twice as much as you do and who you don't find attractive comes up and starts touching…

seriously? What an asinine comparison. Even men don't like to be felt up by women they aren't into. You're telling us that you don't care if a fat chick comes up to you and grabs your junk ( if she can find it)?

"That poor girl, I would have gone straight to the police."

Are you serious? Why should women HAVE to defend themselves in a social situation? Why should we HAVE to give out a fake number to a guy in case he gets mad at a rejection and could attack you. Why should we HAVE to physically remove mens hands from our bodies when we've made it perfectly clear we don't want it?

If you were "not up for consideration" as a boyfriend, it means that these women didn't want a relationship with you. Telling someone it's because "they're so nice" or "I just think of them as a friend" is a nice way of saying "I don't want sex or a romantic relationship from this person". The reason we use these…