Actually, I was a college and professional athlete. I’ve spent most of my adult life looking as fit as she is. And being around extremely fit women athletes.

The commenter called her a “goddess.” In a pretty bend-over-backwards attempt to swipe at conventional beauty - and the many women who have it.
The *fact* is that Serena Williams is built like some of the most muscle-bound, masculine men on Earth. That’s all I said, and it’s undeniable.
If some people really think…

Serena Williams is built like an NFL safety with tits. Literally. Height, weight, dimensions, athleticism, just with big tits strapped on.
You’re not alone, but honestly your derogation of slender white or Asian women in favor of some other body type (“goddess”? please) is an ugly, transparent form of overcompensation.

Baloney. Blackface, really, is painting one’s face black to exaggerate - usually derisively - a race. Using facepaint to try to resemble particular persons who are black is very, very different, especially when done with no malicious intent. Jesus the pearl-clutching.

Why the hell shouldn’t you have any say? You have eyes. You’ve seen blackface in its various forms. You have a brain with which to make comparisons and reach a conclusion. Geez.

Oh? You're allowed to disagree with my assessment of what I said, but I cannot disagree with women's assessments of they said?

I reject your basic description of what I did. I did not dismiss her experience or her statement about it. I also did not dismiss the phenomenon she is describing as a general matter. I said that I had not seen it. There is a difference. I absolutely accept that it happens.

This is the best response I've seen. Thanks for taking the time on this one.

That is ... more speculative than my idea. And unlike my idea, you are deliberately accusing an individual. I never accused anyone, including the OP, of anything.

Flatly quoting something I never said. I've never seen a more blatant use of a strawman.

Yes, that is a possibility. Can you acknowledge my idea is a possibility, too, in some cases? Because that's all I'm saying. I'm not saying she's wrong and what she says never happens.

Yours is the closest to a response that actually addresses my idea (though some responses popped up over night that I haven't read yet). At least, the last sentence of your second paragraph is. You say my idea is "not what we're talking about here." If you can elaborate on that, I'm totally listening.

1. Suit yourself. I don't think your response is intellectually honest. I'm pretty sure the comments show me being calm and reasonable, and her being emotional, inclined to ad hominem attacks (the last thing a student needs is a teacher who looks at the student and not the content of his/her exam or essay), and…

Can I wait until somebody addresses my hypothesis before I address yours?

Well, I didn't say you said the idea was nuts.

Look, I proposed a non-nuts idea. Neither you nor anyone has addressed the idea.

Well, come on dude. Or chick. Not sure.

I notice many, many things that aren't happening to me.
I am not "questioning the women on this thread" - I have not said that what they're describing doesn't happen. I did engage by suggesting a possible contributor to some instances.

And now you're down to the stand alone meme photo.

That's ... okay. Umm, note that you are the one whose conduct in these comments suggests emotional agitation such that you might possibly cry. There's nothing to suggest I am. Nor have my comments done any "male" complaining.