I've given it a lot of thought, and I think it comes down to this "wild bear" mentality. The flawed assumption is that men are wild animals who cannot be held responsible for their behavior. In this worldview, all women are Timothy Treadwell and all men are the grizzlies that ate him. It's not the bears' fault,…

Agreed except she was like 27 in that movie. Which means a) she had a decent amount of adult life in which she didn't act like a dingbat, or b) she was already a dingbat when the movie was filmed and we just didn't know it.

doesn't science have something better to do than perfect bear-dachshund interspecies crossbreeding?

Hey Dionne!

TBH a very good name and idea for a blog.

Saying that woman who likes to go out and have sex (which is what I assume she means when she says "be naughty") in any way deserve to be raped is as stupid as saying that anyone who likes to go shopping and spend a lot of money deserves to be robbed.

Agreed. I'm a 34 year old black woman and I STILL refer to my elders (of any race) as "Mr So-and so" or "Ms/Mrs. So-and so". I was taught it was respectful. If someone tells me that they don't want me to, then okay. But, I'm not walking up to someone who is clearly my elder like "hey firstname, how are you" because…

How so? Please explain why posting on Jezebel means I need to be so open-minded and inclusive and hippie-dippy warm and fuzzy tolerant of everything ever that my brain falls out.

I understand the concern and I do sympathize with it. I have been annoyed and even slightly offended by titles given to me in the past. But a sweeping ban of Mr. and Mrs.? I don't know how to articulate exactly what I mean but this is the kind of stuff that makes people not take feminists seriously. I never wish for…

Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young, the untraveled, the naïve, the unsophisticated deplore these formalities as "empty," "meaningless," or "dishonest," and scorn to use them. No matter …

Good thing we're sanitizing the language.

More men like THIS PLEASE! Mr. Bunny bee is a hairy bear and I LOVE IT!

Fabio is clearly a name for an afghan hound.

Max, Beau, and Rex are the boringest dog names imaginable, next to just calling the poor thing "dog."

Also,

If she doesn't line Sam (why wouldn't she? It's a great name!) she should consider Virgil. As in Virgil Earp, from Tombstone. Of all the man candy in that movie, Sam Elliot is my favorite.

He's no Burt Reynolds but oh yeaaaaaaah

I'm not racist because I have a brown friend.

"Jim Crow" Seems appropriate.

that is not a labradoodle....That is a Poodador! It does look like Sam Elliot though.