Actually, you did misunderstand, in the very first post where you attacked me, where you quoted me and then proceeded to show exactly how you misunderstood the quote you just quoted by characterizing what I said as being the opposite of what I actually said.

I was actually going to respond to that in the same…

I apologize if anything I've written has been offensive, as I've never intended that, nor did I intent to suggest or imply that any special aid or protection necessarily applies to all people of a given class at all times.

I wrote at length in another post (some other thread on this page) where I point out exactly why…

I would argue that there is lack of nuance in understanding of mental health issues, and the intimate nature of the doctor-patient relationship, which holds significant power over the patient by the physician: hence the need for medical ethics boards to ensure this doesn't happen. I mean, if the issue of power…

Okay. Can you elucidate more? It's difficult to 'reexamine your assumptions' if one is uncertain as to what assumptions we're talking about here.

I can only blame LA/Hollywood culture in particular, and sexism and patriarchy in general, for that. The idea of nip/tuck is so endemic to the entertainment industry that even people who don't need it at all, or who would look better without it, are being convinced that they should do it, and it makes me sad.

I've…

*sigh* I imagine that Brandi Glanville just is so removed from the realities and suffering of others because of her privileges that she can't see how clearly offensive such a 'joke' would be to anyone who has ever been molested or otherwise sexually assaulted. This sort of privileged ignorance is no excuse, of…

Thank you for your clarification: I can certainly see where you're coming from, and understand the issues you have with my assertions and reasoning, and wish to clarify myself in turn, lest I have given anyone the wrong idea as to my position on the matter.

I was not trying to rob anyone of their agency, merely…

Uh, I didn't say I was wrong, I said if you're not going to accept anything I say at face value, or any relevant links I may post, then do your own research. I'm not here to 'prove' anything to you: I merely post my opinion that was formed based on my own experiences and from the people I've talked to, and you're the…

Like I said originally, it depends from country to country and jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and I'm not familiar with the law in wherever this happened to take place, but it definitely is possible, and pretty common.

I can only speak from my experience and from what I know, but if you're unwilling to accept that, I…

Try what again?

I wasn't attempting to compare this to child sexual abuse in any way; there are simply a lot of issues of power differential beyond what many people here are wanting to entertain.

I apologize for being testy earlier, and my response was not, uh, as civil as I should have been, so I am sorry. I think I've just spent a little too long on Jezebel today. That and I need to eat something. ;P

Laters. :)

I don't know, I'm sure I get obviously exasperated at times on here every so often, and in fact I was just earlier with someone, I had to go take a break and shower. I probably just need a Snickers or something. ;P

But lately I will at least try and own up to it if I lose my cool and apologize to the other person,…

I think Gawker posted posting guidelines a few months ago which specifically prohibited making personal attacks on other commenters, so maybe I'm just being civil because it's the "law". ;) It hasn't really helped Kotaku much, to be honest. Or even here, I've noticed.

Like I said, it's anecdotal, but I'm sure if you ask around, it can be corroborated, if you have no personal experience with it yourself. Sometimes even the threat that it can happen is enough to be coercive, because people are so frightened of being locked up in a mental health ward.

If you really want to know, I…

You didn't read what I wrote along with the previous link, did you. I pointed out that Doodnaught got away with it for so long because he had his own colleagues and people who worked with, for and under him, attesting to his character. That's the kind of influence I'm talking about. Like I said before, it doesn't…

No, of course we don't. It depends entirely on what that mental health issue is, and the severity of it. But to pretend it has no effect, or little effect, on a person's agency is disingenuous.

Also, here's another question (one I've seen posed before on the internet): is sexting actually 'cheating'?

It's probably a kind of emotional/psychological 'cheating', but I know a lot of guys would say 'no, it's not cheating' (whether it's because they've secretly sexted women who wasn't their girlfriend, or because…

True, but the clinic where the doctor worked came highly recommended, and the Google reviews of the doctor himself where 'glowing'. And as for the reasons she went back despite the 'weirdness' of at the end of their previous interaction, he had helped her and knew her medical history: anyone who's spent a lot of time…

I meant "on trial" in a figurative sense, not in the literal 'taken to court' sense. ;P I.e. the court of public opinion. I just see it as more victim-blaming.

To even typify her conduct as 'cheating' is more victim-blaming, and a lot of people are referring to her conduct as 'cheating', as if that's so much a worse…