Charismatic, no. Talented, no. Unique, almost certainly.

“Wanted a son to continue the family business” What? How did this person breed two other humans and still doesn’t understand that parenthood is no guarantee of... anything whatsoever. You can’t even plan for them to like you, especially if you’re an asshat like this guy, let alone decide their lives direction.

Heck, if it means that much to you to have an heir carry on the family name, make a stipulation in the will that whichever daughter takes over the company has to retain her maiden name legally. But no, apparently it had to be a man-child, because dicks.

The only troubling stuff here is that which has nothing to do with the assisted reproductive technology. Needing a male heir? Fuck right the fuck off. “Creating life” because you killed somebody in a drunk driving crash? Work that shit out with a counselor, lady. Specifying exact disposition of embryos created during…

They’re both assholes for bringing a child into this world purely to meet their self-serving needs.

A panel heard all of the evidence and decided that not only did he commit a violation, but also that it was sufficiently serious to expel him. What else are we withholding judgment for?

I think this is excellent. You did a far better job than I did of articulating my concerns.

We had to do this with our middle child, who is severely allergic to peanuts. It required a lot of consciousness raising among the school staff and other parents, and it definitely ruffled some feathers among parents who thought it was their god-given right to send peanut-butter snacks into the classroom if they…

Can’t agree there. I was totally on board with her complaining about another child teasing her kid until she cries. One may or may not agree about the pretend guns, but that level of teasing is not teasing anymore; it is flat-out bullying.

That karate anecdote really hit home for me. Karate was my life from ages 10-16, when I finally got my black belt. However, once thrown into class with the other black belts, most of whom were men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s, I quit within six months. Why? Because they made inappropriate and sexist remarks about my…

When my son was in kindergarten, I consistently spoke up as the parent of a kid with autism, bringing those issues into conversations, and I worried that it would mark me as the Weird Mom, but after a couple of years I saw attitudes changing among the parents.

My thoughts exactly. It’s legal in the Netherlands - but it still comes with stigma, desperation, exploitation and trafficking. I absolutely don’t think sex workers should be criminalized, but your last statement is full bingo - legality does not necessarily bring safety, proper regulation, happiness or respect to the…

Super unpopular opinion- I really don’t like legalizing prostitution because of the commodification of (mostly) female bodies. I think if it was a small scale with women having total control over being paid for what they decide on, it would be different. But, it’s not. For the most part, when prostitution is legal,…

Well, but there’s consenting to something because you want to have sex with people for money (and if you do, great! You do you!) and consenting to something because you’re poor, or uneducated, or feeding an addition, or whatever and it’s the only prospect you have for making money. Is that actually consent and is that…

The point is that often the women AREN’T consenting and I really doubt any man stops to find out or even care. And the wives of the johns aren’t consenting either — to either secret betrayal or sexually transmitted diseases that they’d never think to check for to treat.

I wonder though if most of the women polled were looking at it from the perspective of “this mostly hurts women through coercive practices and trafficking and therefore it’s really bad” rather than “those slutwhores”. In which case, yeah, it makes sense that women would view it more unfavorably since we’re the ones…

Honestly no, I wouldn’t mind that you know why? Supporting rape prevention is not analogous with supporting someone found guilty by your university’s disciplinary committee of rape.

IOW, he has no experience with the topic at hand, so he shouldn’t be proffering opinions on it. It’s called ‘disqualification.’ FWIW.

“Yale Men’s Basketball fully supports a healthy, safe and respectful campus climate where all students can flourish. Our recent actions to show our support for one of our former teammates were not intended to suggest otherwise ...”

I agree with you! I work with kids in an afterschool program so a huge part of what I do is teaching social skills, both directly and indirectly. Our approach is pretty much what you outlined. I fully expect kids to experiment with feelings, language, behavior etc. And like you mentioned, it’s my job to help them…