And don't forget that many beautiful dark-skinned actresses and models are whitewashed in ads and magazine covers without their prior knowledge. It's the same problem women have in general in regard to positive body sizes and general not plastic dollness, but whitewashing in particular is especially disturbing.

Because white women aren't taught that their whiteness is a flaw. Young black children (and other not-white children) are systematically taught that their skin tone is ugly and white skin is beautiful. As an example look at the Clarks' doll test that was later used in Brown vs Board to help desegregate the south. Even…

What's really sad is that the note about sarcasm at the end was absolutely necessary because I thought you were being serious. Man, do I LOVE internet comment sections.

Well, of course we should be teaching our boys that they need to hide their crimes - oh I'm sorry, their celebratory shenanigans - better. That's the real lesson in all of this. It's OK to rape someone as long as no one has evidence pointing back to you.

I still can't believe this quote from the media: "he was in a celebratory mood."

I really feel that the elitism these particular men cling to is a direct response to rejection in some way shape or form earlier in life. Maybe a woman was cruel to him and so when he sees someone who looks kind of like that woman in HIS SPACE, a space where he has power, then he uses that power to tear that random…

It's amazing how many commenters are questioning whether this is a "real" problem for women.

I believe in that article one of the examples was a guy who not only knew her, but was friends with her on facebook (he laughed at her when she wrote about it on there)... not that that means they were best friends, but if you know the person and you really need a ride, you don't expect them to drop you off in a…

I still remember my sophomore year of college hanging out with a guy in my dorm, walking him to his car early that morning (because I feel compelled to explain this for fear of being called a slut, we made out during that time but no sex) and then came some bros in their car honking and jeering at me. Me, the girl…

Actually, more and more research is finding that rape victim are more likely to know their attackers.

I don't understand how the same people who believe so passionately about "gray rape" can possibly believe our reproductive systems can point blank tell if it is being raped. WHAT?

As conservative as my county was (Hendrick County, Indiana), I remember getting a good balance of abstinence and birth control education in my health class in high school. I knew how (and why) to put a condom on my partner years before I actually had to use one.

I'm a former competitive swimmer, so when I saw his first few events I thought, "Oh cool, another American swimmer to root for!" And then he started talking. I just ended up ignoring him after that.

You could say the same thing about mainstream American movies. Every culture is going to have really badly made movies and really good movies.

Why am I thinking Jesse was just happy to not be confused for Michael Cera for once?

"They can't make men do more housework, or pick majors for women."

Plus, we're socialized as women to NOT ask for more because it's not ladylike or polite. We taught to not be assertive in our careers because you don't want to seem like a bitch, right?

Trust me, I had a boss who proudly sported a faux hawk... this guy seems just legitimately cool and it looks like a mohawk to me. I have to wonder if naysayers are just annoyed at the attention he's getting, but it's not like he asked to become a meme.

I think the point is that just because a person doesn't realize or claims to not realize that what they're doing is harassment doesn't mean they get a get-out-of-jail-free card, so to speak. At some point the basics of what is or isn't harassment should be common sense. For instance, (and this is from Valentine's blog…

While not exactly the same situation, I used to work for a catering company and we had some temp workers in the kitchen for a big event. I had been put in charge of setting up some areas and one of the guys kept "jokingly" putting down my authority in the kitchen. Before service, we had some time and I was shooting…