I understand that the expectation was that a “proper” young woman was not allowed to say yes when offered anything physical, and was to say no, and make the young man “work” for it by seducing and overpowering her. I also understand that if the woman is not allowed to say yes, and if her No is going to be interpreted…

Because “’No’ just means ‘try harder’” is still an incredibly fucked up expectation that has the same effective outcome of removing the woman’s agency. It was fucked up back then, and it’s fucked up today.

“It’s OK, because she secretly wants it.”

Wasn’t the older Osbourne girl about twice Kylie’s age when their respective shows started? If I'm remembering correctly, that's not really a fair comparison.

He sounds controlling and awful.

My best friend’s boyfriend is this way. He gets irrationally angry if I even bring up a friend that I have who she hooked up with. I kind of really hate it because I feel like the past is the past for a reason, who cares? You’re together now, so what’s it matter? I was around before he was. Jealousy like that is kind…

My female friends in the military would take a bullet to save one of their fellow soldier/sailors. I have no doubt of this. These same women are whip-smart, super strong, and total badasses.

I love how they describe their concern as “Trouble in their homelife.” It sounds to me like they are pre-emptively blaming their wives for being jealous or being afraid they’ll get busy with their fellow, grime covered, smelly, commando. So... it’s either the woman in the field or the woman back at home that are the…

Elite soldiers, survivors—nay, conquerors—of the most grueling training and conditions known to man, primed and ready like the finest well-oiled weapons ever devised by man to hunt down and kill anyone at a moment’s notice... And they can’t help tripping over their own fucking feet at the merest sight of a woman.

Because the people answering the polls are taught to see all women as the average woman. They are instructed to give a single answer about an entire group of people, for whom they must say “all X are Y”. If you cited every statistic about the average woman and the average man, you’d likely find that the majority of hum…

“Most of the respondents were young, white married men who are worried that the presence of women in their small teams could create complications in their home life, sexual harassment or affairs. They believe the risk could affect the family-like trust of the group.”

First gay dudes, now all women...is there anyone these dudes don’t think is willing to sign up to be shot at just for the chance to fuck them?

I can understand somewhat the initial concern about physical strength but this is negated by the mandatory requirements. Aka if she can meet the physical strength required, then she has every right to be there.

Right now they can hang out on my lawn as much as they want, so long as they bring a shovel and take care of the driveway first.

That’s fine and dandy that you just don’t like sugar, (though I don’t think she’s being quite so literal with the cake thing), but I feel obligated to say that what the bathroom scale says is no indication of whether or not a person has an eating disorder. (I’m not saying that you do, of course, but that in general…

At it’s extreme, this type of obsession with “clean eating” is called orthorexia. It’s a recognised disorder. When people get so involved in a certain type of restrictive diet, such as paleo, it can be really harmful. But often it’s not picked up, and people who are obsessive are celebrated as super-healthy role…

Seriously! Rather than get upset and defensive, she did some research and acknowledged the weaknesses in her speech. Plus, she managed to shine a light on intersectionality in the process (something we all really need to talk about more). Kudos all around.

This is classy as shit. Good for her. People fuck up but she actually went out and learned something. Yay for learning!

Sounds like she’s done more learning and reflection. Good for her.

I’d be worried about the performance of the rich kids whose parents hovered over every homework assignment, paid for special tutors and coaches at every turn and hired consultants for the college application process to get them into schools that would be beyond their reach.