And if a man is out alone and gets car jacked, he's rarely scolded for having the audacity of being out in the world without an escort.

"stop trying to exlusivize tragedies"—I think you just made the other people's point for them with that statement.

Oh, wait...I didn't read it very thoroughly, but is that actually a sculpture or a model? If a sculpture, then that's weird unless it was actually made with a real fetish model who sat for it. Otherwise, if it's a person, especially a fetish model, then I see less of a problem with it

Yes, because that would be relevant for a Russian.

Please make sure everything you do is sensitive to Russian holidays which honor their important social/political leaders.

This is also a fetish. Can black people not engage in a fetish or be fetish models? Not sure if that's the story here, but there are plenty of fetish sites on the internet and the whole "people as furniture" thing is definitely something out there. Has there been any comment from the model herself?

Actually, Heather, there are laws that govern what EVERYONE can put in PUBLIC spaces.

Because public spaces belong to everyone, not just the grieving. These public memorials are becoming more common and it's obvious more places need to start creating laws to govern them.

How do you know she's not dealing with her own grief and this memorial is a constant reminder to her of her own pain?

Can you imagine if everyone created a memorial in the place someone died?

Of course we do, we do it all the time, but death is a sensitive subject to confront. Public spaces don't just belong to the grieving.

No one is saying that the family can't grieve after a week, but that they don't have a right to take over public space as a memorial indefinitely. Can you imagine if everyone did that anytime someone died in a public way? Or even private? Would you want a room in a nursing home with memorials to every person who…

When I was in junior high, it was Polo.

It's also an ownership attitude. I made you, so your body and mind belong to me; you are not an independent human until the law makes you that way.

Well, girls are apples just waiting for some guy to pick them off the tree, right?

OK, let's assume you're a decent dad (it's not an easy leap for me, but I'll try and take it), and your daughter is comfortable talking to you about her sex life, her vagina, her ovaries...and all her womanly bits. Great, she's going to come to you and talk about that with you.

Because "slippery slope" is a fallacious argument.

Just because someone doesn't have a huge amount of self-confidence or has some trouble be assertive does NOT mean they are incompetent of making decisions for themselves. I find it funny that you think someone who lacks the confidence to stand up for their rights should be denied plan B (and likely also an abortion)…

Doesn't sound like the author was confronted very publicly OR vocally. The guy muttered something and she was the one who escalated the confrontation by verbally antagonizing the guy. Then, when that wasn't enough, she deliberately made physical contact AFTER the guy was a sleep. The author comes across as a…

LOL...a guy has a RIGHT to proposition someone for sex? A RIGHT??? Tell me you're just trolling.