The campaign was targeted at rapists and potential rapists, most of whom just happen to be men, actually. And it's pretty lazy to say that basically you don't know anything about the correlation between the crime stats and the campaign but you discount the existence of that correlation anyway. If you think that…

If you can't get your head around it, maybe you could research it a little bit on the Google machine. Maybe you can find an alternate explanation for the drop in sexual assault reports during Edmonton's "don't be that guy" campaign. You're gonna have to do better than "I don't get it how it works so my hurt feelings…

I read your response to Aleema. I think it's great that you don't need to be told what rape is. Some guys do. There are survey studies done showing that most men who responded "yes" to a question describing having done something that meets the definition of rape still answer no to the question that actually…

The problem is, with regards to sexual assault, the "general steps people share" are actually a product of fear, not facts. When people tell their kids to not talk to strangers, they are doing so out of fear to provide a sense of perceived security (as opposed to actual security, telling kids not to talk to strangers…

The difference between rape and other crimes is that women can't keep their vaginas hidden beneath the seat of their cars to avoid having their cars broken into, we can't keep our windows locked so that no one can break into our vagina, we can't just not tell people on facebook that we're going out to avoid people…

I doubt your dog has an eating disorder. If she's not as active she might just not need so much food. Maybe she's listening to her body.

How does having a dick in any part of a woman's body degrade her? Some men think that any and all sex degrades a woman because they are misogynistic jerks. I would argue that most people actually care about the pleasure of their partners and most women who like anal actually enjoy the sensation and the intimacy. …

Thank you. It's been super interesting to hear from all you dancers. It's something I've always been interested in but never pursued. My philosophy as informed by the other physical and creative disciplines I practice is that the body is profoundly amazing and should be utilized to it's full potential. What is…

Interesting. Thank you.

In your opinion and experience, are the demands to be uber lean mostly in the interest of the technical aspects of ballet, or does it get taken beyond that for purely aesthetic reasons? Is it sometimes a form of abuse to maintain control? I'm so interested in this discussion for some reason. I'm not a dancer.

I had a conversation with someone else who said something like the aesthetic requirements and technical requirements of ballet are not easily taken apart. It seemed fishy to me. It's validating to hear a dancer say what I, a mere athlete, am inclined to believe.

I respect your opinion and I won't argue. I'm not interested in having a discussion about what constitutes art. My main point was that a person does not have to be a dancer to relate to the technical aspects of dance. I had a friend in high school who quit ballet shortly after being told to lose 5 pounds. I don't…

Very interesting. Thank you.

At my gym we have floreio, gymnastics and acrobatics programs mentored and sometimes taught by Ido Portal and Odelia Goldshmidt. I study movement, and the floreio demands creativity and like ballet, is an art. I'm not just a big ol' brute throwing barbells over my head. I most certainly can overlay my experience…

Well, it's never too late! It's tough to find people who are qualified to teach gymnastics to adults but they do exist. Do not get coaching from people who don't have a proven method for adults. You will not get anywhere and you will get hurt, guaranteed. There are lots of other good beginner adult sports. I…

Maybe the dance studios would rather not have any fat or clumsy kids participating. I don't know. I might have been inappropriately relating ballet studios to sports clubs which require participation for increased exposure. I'm an olympic weightlifter. "So that's like, arm curls and bench presses, right?" is what…

What if there was a new ballet? Something whose roots are classical but not constrained by tradition the way classical ballet institutions are? Would that cheapen ballet?

A dancer can be successful outside of landing a gig with a big, prestigious company. Not to mention kids will take physical, emotional and psychological skills away from studying any physical discipline regardless of how far they take it. There may also may come a time when the institutions have to either change or…

I'm not a dancer but I am an athlete and my sensibilities in that regard are satisfied with what you say about the abilities of bigger dancers. The thing is though, there is also an aesthetic to ballet, correct me if I'm wrong. In grade nine a friend of mine was a pretty serious dancer. She made a difficult…

It's weird that your mother thought that the only value in practicing a discipline is in becoming competitive at it.