Okay, so the novels take place in a rough, working-class neighborhood in Naples and follow the lives of two best friends who grow up there, Lila and Elena. The 4 books span from the late 1950's to about the present day and, in addition to the lives of the two girls and their families and neighbors, cover the social…

oh noes an athlete had a normal human reaction to a heartbreaking loss

It kind of sucks that of all characters, Noah was the one who didn’t have an arc.
(I’ll show myself out, thanks.)

So much of it just comes down to unconscious bias. People see two resumes (or portfolios, or bodies of work, or whatever) and automatically privilege the white guy’s without even realizing they’re doing it. They honestly believe they’re picking the most qualified candidate; they just don’t realize how much race and…

if it was then wouldn’t gawker have done it already

It’s also important to note that males who experience domestic violence and/or are killed by intimate partners aren’t necessarily in a relationship with women.

Honestly - this fear is such a regular occurrence in my day-to-day life that I don’t even mention it to my husband most of the time. But I still feel it. I know it’s not rational, I know it’s usually unlikely to result in my death or injury, but I don’t know if this is the time I am wrong and it is a rational fear.

A good start would be when you hear someone try to explain their fears, you don’t whimper about how that’s an unfair generalization.

Yes. I have. And I have feared for the safety of my body in many instances with men, both strangers and known.

Here’s a REALLY simple rule of thumb.

Yes. I’ve been afraid for men who have threatened suicide over me leaving them. I’ve been fearful of men who get violent while drinking. I’ve been fearful of men following me home at night. I’ve been fearful of men telling me they want to “fuck” me while I’m trying to do my job. I also have very strong male figures in…

Sadly, not in our lifetime. I’ve also seen this variation, which is also true:

1. I’m a guy and never at any point thought it would be smart to challenge this quote or whatever it is you’re doing because I see enough truth in it to leave it be.

No, I would argue that most men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Further I would argue that most women don’t believe that all men are capable of murdering women simply because they’ve been rejected. However, since we don’t know which ones actually ARE we tend to be fearful of hurting the male ego, depending…

According to the FBI, of women who were homicide victims in 2010, 37.5% were killed by romantic partners. That doesn’t mean that a woman is likely to be killed by a man, but those numbers are enough to make most women wary of men in the context of relationships.

[trollspray]

Dude just stop. Only a whiny little boy can’t face the cold hard truth of our gender- we have a large, long, and statistically verified history of violence against women we’re attracted to. Women don’t. It’s us. Our problem. Sitting here thinking the stupid things you do is cowardly. A grown adult acknowledges the…

he also speaks like he’s doing a tent revival. equal parts bullshit and volume.

He was a partner in the Houston office of my law firm prior to running for Congress. Despite being largely conservative and Republican, everyone in the office (and the firm, generally) loathed him, so much so that to this day, no one wants to use his former office. It’s considered tainted.