And that's probably a good reason why not shaming women for birth control is a good thing. Oh wait, I forgot you just think they shouldn't have sex.

Um... I'm not. Actually don't want kids.

Because I've personally had that be the response when I post that kind of comment. "Hey NOT ALL MEN feel that sense of entitlement!" And yeah, after a while you feel the need to preface by going "Yes, I know" because you don't want to have to deal with another condescending reply.

No, I hear it all the time from dudes being unironic. A friend of mine had a guy message her this week to EXPLAIN to her that not all men are jerks. The meme is around because this response happens all the time.

Except that he's clearly learned nothing, that he's mostly just trying to find a way to stop his girlfriend from being with other guys and apparently in the responses to his post he was continuously saying how it was unfair to him.

And again, the fact that he calls it "unfair." Because now that it doesn't benefit him, it's suddenly HER fault.

Yeah, that's what I said in another comment. It's not that open relationships can't work, but they actually TAKE work. Like, you have to lay ground rule that each are comfortable with and keep communicating and be honest with each other through the process and continue to show respect for each other's feelings. But…

It is the whole fallacy that men are SUPPOSED to graze for women while women are supposed to be faithful to one man. Which is HILARIOUS when you do the math and realize the only way men can have lots of sex with different women is if women are also having sex with lots of men. OH THE PARADOX!

And I think that's the thing. The guy assumed that being in an open relationship meant that he could screw anything he wanted and still come home to the doting girlfriend. He didn't realize that actual successful open relationships mean you feeling confident in your relationship with the other person, a lot of…

But seriously, if you can't bear the thought of your significant other being with other people (which a lot of people can't, which I get), then don't put your relationship into a place where you're giving her the option to be with other people. And if you think that your girlfriend is so physically repulsive that any…

Oh come on now ... that would be breaking a perfectly lovely musical instrument on some douchenozzle's thick head.

I think my favorite part is "the open relationship has gotten way too unfair towards me" because it sums up the straight guy sense of entitlement to a T.

And again, if you have say, SEVERAL gay characters in your story and they all act and feel differently, then suddenly if you have an outrageously quippy gay man in the story there's less of a chance of him becoming the one representation for gay people in it. Same thing with you have several Hispanic people in your…

I realized recently that growing up the only time I found "politically correct" casts to be annoying was when they weren't written as people and instead as those stereotypes ... where it was clear that they were characters written not to be complex as everyone else but to tick off the diversity box. But I get annoy…

Totally agree.

Also while there is a white lead and so far a mostly white cast, the medieval comedy/musical Galavant is going to have a WOC princess who came from her own kingdom be part of the main cast, which means that there's a good chance for diverse characters down the line. And speaking of Community, Luke Youngblood aka…

Something I've come to realize is that it's much easier to stop your POC characters from falling into stereotypes if you have several characters of the same marginalized group. Suddenly their traits (even in more over the top shows) aren't indicative of their particular group. Good diversity helps stop archetypes from…

Oh dear lord ... like women in tech fields need more reasons for people to think science and technology is just a man thing. "Having trouble with your computer? You should find a boy to help you!"

Yeah, I'm pretty sure their rocky start was water under the bridge by the beginning of the second book. Maybe because most people remember Anne of Green Gables the best?

I was going to say that this could be the plot of a movie, but then I remembered Never Been Kissed, 21 Jump Street, and probably more that I could remember if I had coffee in me.