I think another problem is that SO MANY terrible things about all sorts of consumer goods have been exposed, especially when it concerns stuff marketed to make people think they're ethical. With every new article about "this 'natural' soap company is actually dumping chemicals into lakes!" I catch myself feeling more…

The thing is, (as a recent MS in mechanical engineering) the education system is aware of this. You can't possibly make it out of most STEM programs without taking multiple classes to prove that you are competent at communication and social interaction, and even the few "functionally illiterate" STEM people I knew in…

#notallSTEMmajors :(

basketballamericans: proving once again that bans should be done by IP address

I'm so sorry that happened to you :( I absolutely see where you're coming from, and I'm definitely aware of the huge likelihood that domestic violence enacted by a woman will go unreported, especially if it is toward a man...our perception of what defines masculinity hurts everyone.

That absolutely makes sense. Also, I have to acknowledge that I misread Hermione's original comment. I thought she was directly refuting the article's quote about lesbian domestic violence vs. woman-on-man heterosexual violence, but I just re-read it and she was talking about the rate of domestic violence in…

That's very interesting, I'd only ever heard the Violence Against Women Survey results before. My only question is, looking at the power dynamic in many/most heterosexual relationships, it would seem likely to me that women who may be inclined to violence at the same rate as men would be less likely to physically…

Only 1.7% of the population in America identifies as gay. If what you say is true, than this 1.7% of the population is committing a massively disproportionate 18% of the reported domestic violence, proving the point of what the article quoted. Learn some maths plz.

There's a fundamental contradiction in what you're saying. You simultaneously say that white people shouldn't ask to be taught by black people (or cis people by trans people), and then say that no one cares about your background/how you grew up. That is literally what the people "asking to be taught" want to hear!

Again, I'm not talking about someone making fun of someone else - that is wrong, as I said in my first post. I'm talking about what is or isn't legitimately appropriate at school (and not some puritanical, bra straps burning someone's eyes out stuff). My point is that if a school has decided that exposed ass is…

I don't know, nerdybirdy also mentioned that her school had a lot of stairs. While the part about making sure no one else got teased certainly fits in with what you're saying, I can definitely see that if skirts getting flipped up by accident, or (by nature of stairs) people are regularly placed in a position below…

I have no idea who this person is...a google search doesn't reveal any obvious scandals (just that he seems like a pretty typical bro), do you mind explaining why people hate him? Or is the bro thing it?

Ugh. I know there's a certain stigma to the whole "men's magazine" concept, and GQ has fallen into that countless times (too many Terry Richardson shoots to keep count...), but doesn't that make it even MORE of a big deal that they'd publish something like this? Especially since it's coming from a male peer! I don't…

How the hell did that never get mentioned over here??? Updates on the most recent youtube cat offering, of course...but not this?

aaaaahhhhh I AM a Jennifer who was approx. American Girl age with all of those things in the 1990s!! Give her some scrunchies and jelly shoes and I'd buy that tomorrow.

All y0u have shown is that words have multiple definitions, depending on which dictionary you use. My choice to use any combination of Merriam-Webster, the World English Dictionary, and good old just-typing-it-into-google vs. your choice of the Oxford English Dictionary is very different than someone using "suffrage"…

Allow me to quote Merriam-Webster:

Ok, I'll bite. Are you referring to people who use phrases like white/male/straight/etc. privilege? Because I really don't think being black, female, or gay is a handicap.

Both examples you've used for women not appreciating men are actually examples of women not "appreciating" being harassed. I understand that as someone who has never experienced these modes of harassment, you don't see it that way and probably think you'd like it if women did it to you, but I will try to explain why…