It was OK, but kinda rich coming from SNL.

So, I took the time to reply thoughtfully about how women are more likely to be killed by someone that they’ve been in a relationship with, and how men have the privilege of not worrying about that as much, all to maybe get someone to think about things from another’s point of view. Then you come along and willfully,…

And yet, I have seen more than once, a man’s response to the Atwood quote be: “sure killing is bad, but being laughed at is a really serious thing that men fear.”

If 100 men get murdered, and 2.5% of them are killed by their SO women, that’s 2.5 men. Fixed that for you. Not sure why you compared 100 to 1000. Not even close to equal

I’m so glad you escaped. I hope you have tons of support and that the nightmares go away at some point.

It’s obvious you’re just going to repeat the same comment as if that will somehow make it true (it’s not). I’m out.

Considering that anyone who isn’t a bad-faith-arguing MRA pissbaby troll could see what she was not literally saying that Hutchinson’s life did not matter, I think I can safely ignore your advice.

Stats of women and men murdered at all? What are you talking about?

Again, statistics do not back up your claim:

Yeah, statistics based in reality don’t back up your claim women “do this all the time.”

Bro. Look at the quote above and think about what it really means. Women live in a world where they get murdered by exes much more than men do. It’s not that the guy dying isn’t a bad thing, but this was a comment on the culture at large, where women don’t have the privilege of feeling safe as much as men do. It’s not…

I’m in the second camp. I love my dog. I love my cat. I have no human children, but having gotten both pets in the past year, after ten years of no pets, I feel a definite shift in myself, potentially similar (?) to how a person feels when they become a parent. Examples:

Dogs and humans evolved alongside each other, though. Our brains have adapted to understand each other. It is a centuries old companionship unlike any other inter-species relationship. We would not be here without dogs, and they would not be here without us. I think a dog is different from a rabbit or a snake or even…

When My older bro died I couldn’t bear to see anyone but my dog. He helped me grieve when I just couldn’t be around people and family.

And then there are the people who find out your beloved dog (and sometimes only friend/companion/family) died and give you the same sympathy they’d offer if you lost your hair tie.

I think I’m somewhere in between. So I guess no, I don’t think there is that one stark division. I think it’s a continuum.

I’m somewhere between you and the furbaby people. My dog is a member of the family, he sleeps in our bed and we do celebrate his birthday (not with a party but usually with a steak we get just for him). But he doesn’t go to daycare and I’ve never heard of a naming ceremony. He is often the focal point of our home, we…

For some people, the loss of a pet can be worse. That pet is there every day, and has seen you at your worse. Some family members aren’t. While my pet is not a human, she is a member of my family and has provided me with support when human members of my family haven’t.

I think it’s wrong to treat animals as property. They are living creatures that experience joy and fear, they aren’t a table. So I do think it’s wrong to act like you can do whatever the fuck you want with them because they’re “property”