You know what really makes me angry about this? It isn't that these guys are idolizing a killer—there's plenty of sick fucks why idolize murderers of all stripes—its that women STILL can't get the "good" men to believe that hateful misogyny actually exists. They can go and SEE it, and still all I hear is, "Well, he…

Sure they do. Look at, say, Dean Winchester from Supernatural, who is the hero of the show but who also regularly dehumanized, infantilizes, and lies to women. Or look at every romantic comedy ever, where men regularly ignore the rejections of women and do things that in real life would be considered stalking or…

Okay, but what if the teacher has the same viewpoint? What if its something like a creative writing assignment, where it wouldn't make sense to put those sorts of rubrics in place? Why is it too much to ask for the law to have some sort of "This speech cannot directly target other students nor make value judgements…

They also discuss current events a lot too, in Social Studies classes.

Also, the underreporting of male rape and abuse is also a problem feminists are working to combat. The idea that men cannot be raped comes from the belief that men are all-powerful and in control of women, and so if a man says he was raped he's either lying or weak. That's bullshit, and a terrible tragedy. It's also a…

The problem here is that some things are acceptable to say to other people and some are not. "I am Catholic and do not agree with gay marriage" is a statement that, while it makes me grit my teeth, would be appropriate for a middle school paper about personal beliefs. A picture portraying gay people burning in hell…

I am interested in women being protected. Being protected includes a healthy awareness of people likely to harm them. As I said, not men are aggressors, and no one is saying that men are just genetically violent (if you look at my original post, I point out that women are not anymore inherently peaceful than men). But…

I give myself one hour a week to try and change the minds of internet trolls. Might as well try my hardest.

No, feminism did not turn women against men. Misogyny did.

Actually, he did not have an Asperger's diagnosis officially. That was misinformation.

Misogyny IS what is causing this rash of lethal violence against women. It's true that he was mentally ill, which probably contributed to his willingness to use violence. However, mental illness does not magically create violent misogyny. Most mentally ill people are not violent. Those that are usually don't terrorize…

YES a Green Lantern joke. Whenever some TV show uses a variation on the "brightest day/darkest night" line, that's always the first thing that pops into my head.

No, I'm pretty sure that eviscerate is exactly the right verb here.

It wasn't a movie, but when I was little (like 4/5) my dad used to put me to sleep by having me listen to the Alien Voices cassette audiobooks of Jules Verne classics. I was listening to Journey to the Center of the Earth (I think) and the narrator used the phrase "he lost his head" which I did not realize was a…

Well, if the drugs didn't affect you at all, then that's not really something you had to overcome. I smoked/smoke a fuckton of weed, but it isn't a problem in my life. If somebody who actually has an addiction that affects their life kicks the habit, then that is an accomplishment. We celebrate athletes and prom…

If you'd kicked the drugs, why not? That shows determination. So often society chooses to punish people for past mistakes, rather than praising them for doing the best the can to fix or overcome those mistakes. I'm not convinced that leads to a better world.

Of course getting pregnant has consequences. That was the entire fucking point of the spread, wasn't it?

Okay...but your point seems to be that their achievements, being the result of being "bad" teens who had sex, should not be acknowledged the same way other students' achievements are. In what way is that NOT erasing them from the record, especially since they probably won't be on clubs/dances/etc the way other…

Statistically speaking, the vast majority of teen pregnancies are unintentional. There are very few teenagers planning on having babies, and not having teenage parents in yearbooks isn't going to dissuade those people.

The yearbook is not celebrating the pregnancy, it's celebrating the immense achievement of these students who stay in school and are productive members of society despite huge odds. Do you think erasing teen parents from the record is going to dissuade others from becoming pregnant?