The issue isn't that they are attracted to guys who will treat them like shit; but that they are attracted to psychopaths who inflict endless horror. Slight difference.

You guys must have led a very sheltered life to think that's a disproportionate amount of bad luck.

I thought what Claire Messud said was really awful, and reflected everything that is wrong in American literary culture. And I pretty much only read high brow stuff and love her as a writer! Stories were always told not only to instruct, but also to entertain and offer solace.

Jane Austen's books were formulaic. She's still brilliant.

Actually, personally I'm disgusted by an old rich man having orgies with lots of young women. Even without the rape. Sorry.

Somehow it's always the case, isn't it...

I didn't know that. Thank you.

Thank you for saying it.

I know... it actually really bothers me the way people here are ignoring the genocide part of it to focus on the gossip part. Especially given that there is absolutely horrific violence directed towards religious minorities in THE VERY SAME PLACE right now.

Oh for fuck's sake. There are plenty of studies that show that people repress traumatic memories (the technical term is traumatic amnesia), for example in the case of Holocaust survivors. I agree that eyewitness in general should be handled carefully, and juries and the legal system should be educated about various…

This times one thousand.

Nothing always always boils down to anything. This is the world of political thought, not math.

I agree. And Jezebel is the best/(worst?) example of what Chait is talking about.

Unless you're Polish Jewish, or Polish Gypsy. Those can have plenty melanin...

Basically, what you are saying is one can't be safe as a porn actress. So why does this industry exist again?

You don't seem to know much about the lives of non-privileged women, or abuse, yourself. So why are you surprised that some women don't really understand pregnancy?

I honestly don't understand how anyone who knows anything about the world doesn't think that. It's the first thing I thought. In fact, it kind of bothers me that the thought hasn't occurred to the author. We have a long way to go to educate people about sexual abuse.

You should do a better job of highlighting that this is an ad.

You should do a better job of highlighting that this is an ad.

You can tell all that from one photo?

Have you ever talked to others about your own sexual abuse? If you haven't, you can't really judge her.