Unfortunately, I don't think parents have any compassion for "sluts" either. I don't think it's just teenage boys who get off shaming women. Misogynist people come in all ages, classes, professions and genders.

Let me fix this for you: "I was basically saying what Oprah and countless other empathic people have said before me: Hurt people hurt people. I can understand how my original comment might have been perceived as victim blaming, I was unskillful in articulating myself. People bully because they are bullied. Parents…

The informal survey mentioned in the article showed that some people do willingly send their pictures in. Lots of them don't. There's plenty of porn out there where you can be almost fully assured that the participants have consented to the material being published on the internet, and the publishers are responsible…

The informal survey mentioned in the article showed that some people do willingly send their pictures in. Lots of them don't. There's plenty of porn out there where you can be almost fully assured that the participants have consented to the material being published on the internet, and the publishers are responsible…

You are only missing the fact that these women's personal information is displayed and then they are harassed by strangers. Their personal property is stolen from them or their confidences of loved ones is betrayed, the consequences of which lead to people being harassed and threatened by strangers. I wouldn't fire…

Ha! Just thought I'd let you know your post is brilliant in that I totally thought it was going one direction and I was relieved when it came back the other way. I wonder how easily boys get boners when a girl is trying to make them hurt so bad they have to tap out?

If there aren't enough girls to make a team, she'll have to compete with boys, and if they feel uncomfortable about it, then tough. Life isn't fair. As for the rest, I recommend you look through the comments here. There are several posts from guys and girls who competed against each other when they were young. The…

True that. Interestingly, in my experiences with adult men (like, over 25), they usually try really hard to NOT to have an orgasm unless I tell them it's o.k. and even then they might take a cunnilingus break because they don't want to despite it's imminence. That tells me that other elements of sex are important to…

Especially considering people's bodies (both men's and women's) sometimes respond to sexual assault, even to the point of having an orgasm. Interestingly, many men seem to be trying really hard not to have an orgasm, at least not until they've been given the o.k. by their partner. That would indicate men require…

As someone who doesn't orgasm easily but who does not want to be regarded as a sexual failure and does not want to doom myself into conflating orgasm with satisfaction, I found this article validating.

I was on the other side of the coin in the article about the study regarding men vs. women having orgasms during casual sex. I projected onto that article the message that there was something wrong with me for not needing an orgasm to feel satisfied or that I'm not doing it right, just like some people are projecting…

Sorry, just one more thing: it's a bit problematic from a feminist perspective to posit that since men are generally need an orgasm to feel satisfied every time that women surely must need the same thing, and that most women who don't identify with this are probably lying (which is basically what the OP said). Why…

I think that telling women that they can't possibly be satisfied unless they orgasm from sex most of the time is also pretty damaging. I have some physical and psychological issues, some of which I understand and have been working on remedying, and others that might elude me. I usually don't come with my partner. …

Some people theorize that the absence of women in certain domains: certain sports clubs, the military, law enforcement etc... plays a role in corruption, violence and sexual assault. Bill Maher (ordinarily someone I find insightful and entertaining) pretty much went so far as to say that the reason kids were raped at…

Thanks for the support and for the ideas.

Oh my god! I didn't masturbate using my own hands or to completion until I was 16 for this very reason. Occasionally, I'd bunch up my comforter and rub up against it until it felt really good, then I'd stop because I felt super ashamed. Aargh. No wonder I have trouble coming now. I've conditioned my body to stop…

They should have at least included the scene where she is being hired and negotiating her payment before waiting for him in his room. She probably wasn't paid enough, that kiss at the end of the movie looked awful and that actress wasn't quite of the caliber required to not let it show. My tongue is in my cheek. …

In my personal experience, it would be way easier to publicly say to people that I had an abortion and I regret it now, that I feel super guilty and pray for redemption all the time, than to be open about the fact that I do not regret my abortion and experienced mostly relief. I haven't internalized the idea that I'm…

That's what I thought.

This thread is a bit frustrating. First you basically said all women will most certainly come to regret their stance on abortion presumably at some point in their life as you have, then it was that when people DIE they will learn the truth about abortion, but you're not religious, so that can't possibly be coming…