Get help.

I actually think it's interesting that your plan, as a man, is to "tell him you owe him nothing, call him a creep, and then leave." I and probably many of the women reading what you've written have lives full of experience that would compel us to seek out an escort - police, bouncer, or otherwise - before we felt we…

It really is as simple as that. We (I almost put "they" here, but then I realized I do this, too.) are conditioned/condition ourselves to see only the most attractive women in our social circles (or more importantly, the most visible women in media, who are invariably attractive because otherwise they usually don't…

"Is it because the "dime pieces" are literally the only ones on your radars?"

I'm 29. I've never dated or had sex and while I get sad about that, I've never considered hurting anyone over it.

THIS is the point I keep making - where is the female corollary for this kind of rage? There are PLENTY of women who feel hurt, alone and rejected, and yet I cannot think of a single instance where the response is "righteous indignation," but internalized shame - "I'm unlovable because I'm fat/too thin/ugly/gross/too…

"Whyyyy do men think women are never lonely, rejected, ignored?! Is it because the "dime pieces" are literally the only ones on your radars?"

"feeling like no one attracted to you and people think you're a creep sucks."

What the hell is your problem?

I'm a straight woman who feels like no one's attracted to me. I "peaked" over ten years ago according to men. At least men don't depreciate like fucking cars. Whyyyy do men think women are never lonely, rejected, ignored?! Is it because the "dime pieces" are literally the only ones on your radars?

Why have you not written and submitted this piece that you bring up in every thread about the Nigerian schoolgirls?

As opposed to the mind-blowing statement that "groping isn't murder"? The line you quoted was me agreeing with part of what you said, so good job undermining yourself.

Mental illness is not magically outside of culture. Whatever was going on with this kid, he was connected to reality. Mental illness is powerful, and difficult, and it does not make people bad people. Whether or not this kid was mentally ill — if I had to guess I'd guess narcissistic personality disorder, but I'm not…

But he wasn't mentally ill - he had Asperger's, yes, but neuroatypical =/= mentally ill. And the autism spectrum does not tend to cause people to go on killing sprees.

I think it may be a bit of a bigger city problem, too. Living in the South I've been whistled at and hit on, yes, but I've never been followed home by a stranger or felt physically in danger. Maybe it's a cultural thing? People in the South are allegedly raised to be more polite, to act like ladies and gentlemen, I…

Testosterone has been linked to aggression, but in studies done with young criminals there was no direct link between testosterone levels and criminal aggression, so it seems that while hormones do play a certain role in the end it's up to the individuals ability to control themselves which is a mental and upbringing…

Isha, while I appreciate the focus brought on this hashtag, I think you're extremely wrong to characterize "everyday misogyny" as somehow distinct from the misogyny which fueled Rodger's machinations and eventually his killing spree.

This girl I know had some older guy at a young peoples sort of club come up to her and start hitting on her with the usual "ohh, I've never had a CHOCOLATE girl". She chose to tell him to fuck off and came back with "I didn't want a nigger bitch anyway."

This is why i quit going to clubs. I love dancing but I refuse to let my bf become a body guard cause sometimes you just wanna hang with your friends. Why do they have to grab you and when you leave they follow?! Ughh.

I'm sorry that happened to you, and also that something similar has probably happened to most women. The irony, that when you turn down sex with a total stranger, men call you a whore. :/