I felt really confident at my job. Turns out that acting confident at my job wasn't a good thing for me to do as a woman because it defied social norms, was perceived as aggressive, and bossy.

What you have referred to as the "power that young woman have" is not what power is referred to social science analysis looking at the relative positions of various subgroups and classes, and the rights and privileges that are afforded them in their day-to-day lives. Check your privilege please.

Well then if our opinions are driving this then, I will say, I do find something heinous about it. Older men should let young women be young women, and I find it unethical that they would use a power differential to their advantage, and claim equality because the woman's attractiveness is the equal exchange to their…

I'd like proof of that please.

I didn't say he definitely has done it - I said he's thought about the dynamic before.

Meh - he's at least thought about it before. Also, most good fiction does have a basis in reality. Even if you're in a fantasy world, a lot of writers use relationships they've had or know about to inform their writing.

I said might have acted out, but definitely thought about.

Though let's be honest with ourselves here. The likelihood that a famous movie star has been with 17 or 18 year olds is pretty high.

We should keep in mind that Palo Alto is a film based on a book of short stories written by Franco himself. The older man/younger woman pairing is therefore something he has thought about (most likely acted out) before.

The problem is that, if we ignore them, they actually get stronger without oversight.

And yet, Kim's difficulty wasn't there. I understand the importance of artistry and grace in skating (it's the same in gymnastics, for women), but in the end, it was the difficulty of Sotnikova's routine that got her the gold. She isn't a beautiful skater - that is for sure. You can see her potential in her great…

Okay, I was in the process of writing an entirely different post about this, but I'm happy to put my thoughts here.

But, this doesn't make sense. If the movies that are made are geared towards men, when women go and see them, that will just prove the popularity of that genre more. Women can't show their support for something like that, until it's actually made.

Yeah - my dad was falsely accused of sexual assault (it was discovered this woman had done it repeatedly to different men over the years before), and he definitely didn't just ignore it because he thought it was "ludicrous." He was distraught, and depressed, and contemplated suicide. He couldn't believe this was being…

Article says "quoting Katie Couric."

The article says "quoting Katie Couric," but thanks.

Every time this comes up, I'm forced to unearth the link that shows that Swift was actually mis-attributing this quote to Couric, when it was actually said by Madeleine Albright.

My belief that they are "hacks" stems from my own career choices. The belief that media has no role comes from a refutation of the "media effects" model in communication theory. Though there are several different models that try to refute media effects, for the most part, the reasoning stems from the belief that…

Because when everyone's mother, sister, and friend is suffering from insecurity and making other people feel bad about their body, it becomes a societal problem, and not an individual one.

But...where did your sister get them from? See, we can make this about personal responsibility, or we can make it about a more systemic, social critique without placing the blame on every one of our mothers and sisters, individually.

Let's remember our mothers didn't develop this body obsession out of nowhere or entirely on their own. They lived in a culture that taught them this was the way to behave. Let's stop criticizing our mothers and start looking to where the blame actually lies.