Sorry, slightly off topic, but it is so annoying that we spend our whole lives being told that we can get pregnant just by fooling around with a penis near our vaginas (no actual intercourse) or even just the first and only time you do have sex (or that one time you miss taking the pill). We spend our whole lives…

I agree. Also she sounds bored to me. I just don't get why she's considered so revolutionary by some.

And may I just add, because it is something I find reasons to say remarkably often: "A grammar rodeo and *I* was not invited?"

High-five, fellow grammarian.

Ugh, I lived with my mom and that's it. That doesn't mean my dad wasn't in my life in all the ways that count, and still is. I just happened to only have one permanent bedroom. Also, it is just the business of the family involved, and that's it.

Jezzies —

An organization that defends fathers from spouses that would use children as "weapons" in divorce/separation battles (whether through legal counsel, advice, support, etc.) is a good idea.

"It is inappropriate for this organization to involve my family and I when they know nothing of our personal circumstances."

Audrey Gelman dated Terry Richardson for THREE YEARS???? WTH??? Why does any woman date that man? How can he even be said to have a girlfriend? You couldn't have worded my holiday sentiments for Mr. Richardson any better. And I have to also add that it makes me sad that Lady Gaga is working with him. Why do people…

Dear people who hate gay people because they find butt sex squicky -

But of course, this is all a feminist conspiracy to make MRAs look bad! I should have seen it before!

Seriously, MRAs: fuck you. You're a waste of oxygen and space. There are legitimate issues that gender roles create for men: our culture overlooks sexual assault and domestic violence that happens to men and encourages them not to report, it acts like women are the real parents and dads are incidental (e. g., there…

It's pretty telling that the only way they can get all those false rape accusations they whine about is to manufacture them themselves.

Actually, it is not. "Virginity" is a social, religious, etc. concept, not a medical one. The absence or presence of a hymen means nothing. A hymen is as stretchy thing that doesn't just get "broken" when one has sex. You may or may not have none, all, or part of a hymen without ever having vaginal intercourse. …

Jesus that is the saddest thing I've ever heard. I'm so sorry for everyone involved.

No, it doesn't sound stupid at all and it's not weird. I totally get that. I was sexually abused as a kid too and I considered myself a virgin until I willingly had sex with a trusted partner as a teen. Throw pregnancy in there, and for sure, it gets more complicated. However, I see our reactions to our abuse as a way…

One of my dad's friends was raised Mormon. One day her mom took her to the doctor because her period had stopped. The doctor asked about sex, and she said no, of course not. She was a virgin. The doctor and the mom left the room to talk about some of the possibilities. That is when the nurse asked "do you know what…

I like snarky comments as much as the next guy, but there are some implications here that are pretty disturbing about women and education and bodily autonomy, and I'm having a hard time taking this story lightly.

There is no such thing as "virgin." Can't even be defined, not even recognized in medical science.

you know, correlation doesn't equal causation. Why are we assuming that the women who sign purity pledges are more likely to feel like they have to lie about how they got pregnant. Maybe God is just only willing to divinely inseminate women who are willing to sign purity pledges. Did you ever think of that science…