I'm also in Canada. Just thought I'd pipe in because you and others may not know: a pharmacist in Canada can refuse to provide you with Plan B if they think it's their religious right to do so. I don't imagine it being a huge problem but you might mentally prepare yourself for this situation as you walk up to the…

I wouldn't choose to have my male children circumcised but I suppose one of the differences between male and female circumcision as practiced in some third world countries is the number of boys vs. girls who have complications or die from it. As far as the symbolic female circumcisions go, I would hope that the…

The other replies mostly took care of it but I would add that if you want to mention something, especially if it's obvious, say it in a non judgmental way. Instead of saying something that basically equals "you look good now and you didn't before" or "smaller is good, bigger is bad" just say. "Hi, you've lost…

I would add that if women aren't even getting accurate and complete information about the procedure they aren't even really making a choice, they are being conned. I bet if there were strict advertising standards for these procedures that told the whole story it would be impossible for anyone to think of this kind of…

Where I live (Saskatchewan, Canada), employers have a legal duty to reasonably accommodate employees who are pregnant, injured or sick. In some cases this is not possible and the employee must leave, in many cases it is possible to find alternative duties that the person is able to perform until they are ready to…

Huh. Weird. I don't know what I'd do if I loved a man who didn't want to have orgasms with me. Sounds like a pretty serious relationship challenge.

Thank you for that. I can relate to that. In defense of the initial post that you responded to though, one could distinguish between personal preferences and opinions. If someone who had a personal preference against garlic and also was of the opinion that garlic was fundamentally bad because it hurt vampires and…

People who are probably somewhat like minded and female on this very website are often unnecessarily mean when they respond to other people's comments. Maybe make your argument and leave out the condescending shit about the other person's "cluelesness" and anything else that basically just says "I feel so awesome…

I put genitals in caps because you were noting the supposed connection with this story and public breast feeding. Breasts are not genitals and as stated in the article, San Francisco has no intention of banning toplessness for either gender. I disagree with you that it's just civil silliness. I mean, ideally people…

I'm interested in an example of an opinion that you do not agree with but that you respect if you would feel comfortable sharing. I can't think of one myself but maybe an example would help me find one inside my own brain somewhere.

If a woman was fully integrated into my culture (I live in Canada, not everyone is fully integrated, some immigrant women are very isolated) it would be difficult to believe that she could be forced to wear a chastity belt. It may be possible that this dude has consented but isn't totally comfortable indulging his…

If you read the article, you would have noticed the part about men and women being allowed to be topless but obligated to cover their GENITALS.

I remember in the 90's it was the opinion of many that there was nothing remarkable or original going on in the 90's and the popular culture of past generations was merely being rehashed. I think that was my opinion at the time as well but looking back, the 90's were definitely a thing. The Jennifer Aniston hair…

This is off topic, but I regularly hear criticism of women because of how much attention they attract to themselves. Sometimes "attention whore" is the term that's used. I wonder what that is about. I can't think of a time when I've heard a man referred to as a an "attention whore". Just something to think about…

It seems many people don't understand this is satire. I wonder what that means? Are people thinking critically about an article about men's competence for leadership based on their hormones and access to female saunas but not using that same thinking when women's leadership suitability is criticized in the same way?…

I love to walk my dog when the weather is extra shitty. No one else is around and the leash police don't bother patrolling and it's never that bad once you get out there. Uh, I've never experienced a hurricane though. The woman in the photo did some cost benefit analysis I'm sure. Either the dog gets walked today…

I think you are probably exaggerating to make a point but just because some judge is an asshole does not mean you should support any situation where a teenager's well being is compromised by someone who is in charge of keeping them safe regardless of gender. Sometimes judges don't give jail time to rapists that plead…

I can't remember where I read this but another take on it is that the male presence is merely tolerated by the females for the purpose of reproduction and the females get to have exciting and fulfilling lives hunting and playing with kittens etc... or something like that. They could totally band together and kick…

I actually have some compassion for you unlike these other folks who think you're a jerk for having real sexual/relationship problems. I hope you live in Canada and can get some free counseling or that you can afford it where you live. I really hope you can overcome this problem and have a healthy sex life with the…

I have always known photos in magazines and advertising are retouched and I think most people know this nowadays. That knowledge did not prevent those images from influencing my own perception of my body in the mirror. This was illustrated very clearly to me when I started reading fitness industry magazines and at…