I suppose that's true, but my point was that it certainly never came up during interviews. It is illegal to query a candidate on marital status, sexual orientation, and a bunch of other things.

I don't get it. I'm not saying I'm unsympathetic, I am just saying I don't get it. Is this really still an issue? More importantly, when did it become de riguer to share the personal details of one's life in the office?

Someone once told me, "Image is doing the right thing when everyone is looking. Character is doing the right thing when no one is looking."

True heroes never seem to want attention. Part of what makes them heroes.

In other news, Rebecca Rose writes clearly demonstrable, provable lies and relies on Jack B. Hates to swoop in and rescue her from the commenter who calls her out, banning the commenter int he process because when someone points out the truth to a far-leftie, the treatment is no better. Hypocrites.

Interesting. My calling out of Rebecca Rose as a dishonest journalist (with examples of how misleading she's been in this article) seems to have been deleted. I wonder if "Jack B. Hates" had something to do with that.

Entertaining does not equal good. If you equate the two, especially considering this is a site that supposedly prides itself on dialog concerning feminism, that is your problem, not mine.

"For a second there I thought we were only teaching young girls in elementary, middle and high school that their bodies are nothing but shameful sin receptacles which must be covered up and hidden at all times from men who absolutely cannot control themselves at the slightest hint of a woman's skin."

"Sex is a biological reality, and it is not subordinate to subjective impressions, no matter how intense those impressions are, how sincerely they are held, or how painful they make facing the biological facts of life. No hormone injection or surgical mutilation is sufficient to change that."

At least Dragon*Con is diverse. :-)

Thank you for writing this. I enjoyed your thorough reporting on it! I can sadly believe this still happens.

Maybe the bike... 'spoke' to him...

That's a trick question; she's always been obnoxious.

No worries. Besides, why take anything too seriously? ;-) Someday we'll all be dust anyway. May as well try to enjoy it, at least a little.

I was being whimsical. But yes, of course you are correct. Interestingly, both gentil and gentle derive from the Latin 'gentilis'.

While I don't disagree with the entire spirit of this, no one has ever demanded anything of me in that way.

I spent most of my formative years not in the United States, and I know exactly what you mean. And I agree wholeheartedly.

And beheading. Let's not forget the beheading. He was a prick.

very good. Very good.

Agreed they are old enough to know better. And I'm certain they did. What they did wasn't done out of ignorance. It was selfish malice.