Ugh. I just broke up with my boyfriend of 4.5 years this summer after living together for three. We were moving out anyway because I was going to grad school in another city, but we were planning to stay together. Things had been deteriorating for the previous year or so as he made it abundantly clear that he no…

@aliasmisskat is an old married lady: Yeah, his parents are clearly doing him a disservice. Definitely understand where you're coming from.

@aliasmisskat is an old married lady: "However, one set of parents held that they caused no physical harm to the girl, and she didn't understand what was going on anyway, and the school was punishing the boys (3 days in-school suspension), so why should they care?"

@cocobanal: I think parents need to take a very firm stance not only on bullying, but on simply not excluding people. My mom went out of her way to ensure that I was the type of child who would befriend the kids in our class who were ostracized by others. Based on the number of mean kids I knew growing up, I don't…

While it was heartening to read the NYT letter about the parent who was horrified to learn his son was harassing a female classmate, it seems pretty clear from the letter that the harassing emails were sexual in nature. Sounds like they need to tackle the son's burgeoning misogyny in addition to the usual…

@Maturindil: That is a terrible story. I'm sorry you and your family went through that.

@girlgonemild: I almost hate to show you this: [www.racialicious.com]

@MissRose: I believe the technical term for it is "negging."

@cate3710: Also, if she is "giving trans people a bad name," it's because other people are allowing one bad trans person to cloud their opinion of trans people as a class. Being a member of an underrepresented population does not automatically make one the spokesperson for or representative of said population. …

@eileenbest: Yes. It is strange to me that anyone here who's ever had a conversation with her/his own mother could misinterpret the above remarks.

@TheTeofTea: I can't believe how many people have woefully misinterpreted her point and the context in which her remarks were made.

@iamnotafish: Thank you for your thoughtful comment and for engaging in a respectful manner. The one thing I would point out is that I found it a little bothersome that in the initial comment in this particular subthread, the incentive for men to stop street harassment is stated as a desire to save oneself from…

@Odin: "I can't believe you're defending her for such negative stereotyping when if I were to refer to women, as a class, as "heartless evil bitches*" you'd rip me a new one."

@Odin: You seem not to understand that sexism is not actually a mere form of prejudice but instead a system of power structures. Honestly I think we are wasting our time trying to engage you guys or teach you anything. A lot of the women on here, in addition to having lived experience of sexism and therefore…

@wtfox?!: This is beautiful. Thank you.

@Munch the BanNail: Also please see my post here so that you might possibly understand the effect of your insensitivity on some of the women reading and commenting on this thread: [jezebel.com]

@Munch the BanNail: "I'm not here to empathize" — this pretty much tells me everything I need to know about you.

Oh, another thing that should probably be mentioned here: A lot of women in this thread, as you may have noticed, have firsthand experience of street harassment and the damage it causes. When it's "complimentary" harassment, it reminds you that your body is considered public property and men feel entitled to police…

@m.libraryscientist: This is amazing. I will heart you when my heart button works again.

@Munch the BanNail: Thanks for continuing to get defensive and be dismissive of our concerns instead of listening to what we are saying. Cool empathy deficit, bro!