Frying in bacon grease is acceptable and totally different than soaking for hours in hot grease.

No, the difference is that instead of having to prove that the victim put enough effort in to not consenting, all a court has to do is prove that the perpetrator didn't seek consent. Basically, under the previous system it was the victim's fault for not saying no loudly enough, and now its the perpetrator's fault for…

Perhaps in the criminal justice system that will be true, but most college rape cases go through the college's own system, which doesn't have the "beyond a reasonable doubt" clause.

The bill explicitly includes physical consent (for example, reciprocating sexual attention, taking off your clothes voluntarily and without prompting, and you know, appearing to have a good time would all be physical ways of consenting). Did you even read the article?

Your facebook feed is tailored to the interests of you and your immediate contacts, so it doesn't actually reflect the wider visibility of this story.

I get your point (and I was being deliberately flippant) but at the same time, the connection that MichFest seems to be drawing between "penis" and "sexual assault" is such a problematic one to me. For one there are plenty of women who are assaulted by men without a penis ever being involved at all. For another,…

I doubled the American's, though, so that's probably not a good thing. It might be a duck call for Tea Partiers or something.

I've never been attacked by a transgender woman. (neither has anyone else, as far as I can tell. Although people have been attacked with dildos).

Ah, okay!

I would consider our treatment by society and the gender roles constructed for us to be what separates men and women, not the possession of a functional uterus.

Not in the same way, though. The experience of a man going through the immigration system is different from that of a woman because misogyny and sexism will inevitably affect her experience.

I get what you're saying, but at the same time there are many transgender children who are transitioning at very young ages. Is an transgender woman who transitioned as a preschooler or elementary schooler going to have that much of a different experience than a cisgender woman? Is the event of transitioning so…

What do you mean?

It seems that the idea of caring about more than one thing at once is foreign to you.

Can you cite where you have encountered transgender women objecting to the discussion of vaginas in abortion discussions or the discussion of uteruses and other biology as part of a greater discussion of womanhood? I see this point brought up a lot, but have never once encountered such behavior from actual transgender…

What special treatment? You'd think the military would want to cut down on the cost of care for their soldiers, not make them jump go through unnecessary hoops for the sake of outdated ideas on gender presentation.

Okay, but what about the experience of a undocumented woman? The uncertainty about your citizenship, the fear you will be detained or deported and lose custody of your children or be separated from your spouse? The intersection of misogyny and racism that creates, where you're unable to feel secure seeking help from…

I ask this honestly and not snarkily, because this question is always what gets me when I encounter viewpoints like yours: Why are biological parts a special indicator? Clearly, there are many things that make our experiences as women differnent. Lesbians and straight women have very different experiences of their…

Sure, but different cultures have different standards of politeness too, and you should respect the standards of the place you're in. In the USA, it isn't polite for a person who can carry on a sustained conversation with another person to be sucking that other person's bathing suit parts in public.

I adore lox. It's my favorite food.