90% of the time it's pretty damn obvious to everyone else. Ask a friend. Hell, ask the person who told you, but politely.

It's not a double standard. I never said it was okay, just that it happened.

Well sounds like the people you're talking about have much deeper issues than that.

Because the friend zone is not a zone. It's a term used by people who don't give a shit about the actual friendship. The term in itself is, in essence, a complaint. It reeks of entitlement.

You say you'd get it, but my mother has insulted my friends right in front of me with a smile, talking crap about them in Chinese while making polite conversation in English, all in the same tone of voice. It's a generational thing; with people my age (20's) you'd probably be able to tell, but her generation, you…

Idk, I'd imagine that any visual is better than none.

You see what you're looking to see.

It shouldn't be too hard for it to be mounted in a way that lets it swivel, though it would be heavier.

Needs a camera and screen to remotely moniter them.

It's not like we go around being outraged. It's when people do shit like this that we turn around and go "Seriously? Seriously?"

Let's put it this way: the percentage of men who would do this is small. But the more men you meet, the higher the chance that you'll meet one of them.

This I think is precisely why it's so vital to call your friends out on any unacceptable behavior. It's not just for the safety of women (in this article's case) but also for your friend's own benefit.

I have no clue where you live that people put down Caucasians all the time... probably not in the States, then. If people *are* going around doing that all the time, the problem is just that you live with shitty people, and should probably consider relocating.

I guess. But in that case, the friend is the one looking down on the friendship, though its connotations are definitely not as harsh. Like, a friend would definitely not say that if the people in question were close or had been friends a long time.

Or any club or heavily party atmosphere?

No, the term came about because a bunch of guys were going around complaining about how they never got laid/no one liked them even thought they were soooooo nice. And things like "Girls always go for assholes; nice guys finish last".

Ahh yeah. My friend didn't realize she was being clinging until she described her actions to me and I was like, dude, you're being hella clingy. Not surprised he bailed.

Feels like social media pressure and just straight up cash have replaced marches and such, at the national level at least. Think Occupy Wall Street.

I've been on both ends of "too much" in a relationship.

I said "pretty much". In addition, I never specified whether the method of attack was verbal or physical.