The real question is, what kind of monster would name their kid after Theon Greyjoy?

Agreed. I thought it was interesting and thoughtfully written.

This is such a great analysis of why rape jokes are wrong, but also how they can be done in an acceptable way. I think George Carlin's bit on how you can make a funny rape joke is also really good, because he makes fun of the rapist, not the victims. That's who should be the target of these jokes. I say this as a…

I love twitter for sharing academic matters. I work in a not-for-profit that represents Canadian academics in the humanities and social sciences and it's way better than Facebook for our communications purposes.

I love that you have the professor as your profile pic and you said this. Well played.

I'm also a bit of a qualitative researcher in the making and I'll probably concentrate on it when I get to graduate school, so I know what you mean.

No, for sure, but I mean, they're not coming from a masculine stand-point. And I don't think these particular female researchers were being sexist with this study.

First of all, the study was done by two women. Second of all, their research looked at how gender roles, like who does the most chores around the house, limit women's ability to be sports fans, because they don't have the free time that their husbands do to engage with the sports. Also, it was a qualitative study that…

Not to mention that it sounds like the original study had some really interesting and valuable insights about the ways in which gender norms, such as who does the most chores around the house, limit women's ability to be sports fans. That would have been more interesting to read about. It bothers me when this kind of…

There is no margin of error. It's qualitative, not quantitative.

Yes, this! Jesus, I hate lazy reporting of social sciences studies.

Look, not all studies are quantitative, where the aim is generalizability. Some studies, this one included, are qualitative, where the aim is to describe a social phenomenon as experienced by the participants in the study, not to generalize to the entire population. Please get this right, please. The problem is not…

It's a qualitative study, not quantitative. Completely different set of expectations and requirements. Also, the study doesn't claim to represent ALL women at all. The badly written Jezebel write-up claims that the study says that.

While I really believe that we, as a culture, idolize thinness to an unhealthy extent, I am bothered by some of the messages in the feminist community that paint thin women as not real women. The "real women have curves" type messages are perhaps not as damaging as fat shaming, but they also aren't a healthy way to…

Relax. It was a facetious comment.

I don't think that's what was meant by that sentence. I consider myself a nerd, I love WoW and aside from a few unsavory interactions in the trade chat, I haven't had problems with it. But there is a vocal segment of nerd culture that is quite sexist. That doesn't take away from the good ones and I'm really happy to…

How did these guys dupe women into having babies with them if they didn't see women as humans before the babies? I can't imagine ever wanting to be with a guy who thinks it's funny to post rape jokes and harass women on the internet, let alone procreate with him.

"Honestly, I wonder if it isn't a good idea, since if you get that hair when you're young, it may not grow back." All I have to say to this is lol. Yeah, it does grow back.

Actually, misogyny by women is well recognized and criticized on this site and others. It's definitely not okay or ignored. And criticizing a man's value in game culture is not the same as criticizing a woman's, because game culture is assumed to be male. For a lot of people, it's a novelty when women play and it's…