Where are the women???? Why is it three dudes? I loved Jem so much as a kid. Have no confidence that these three can make anything decent.

Thank you so much for this insightful, thought provoking article. I loved how the author didn't hold the west up as a paradigm to follow, we have our own irrational taboos related to menstruation.

The sad thing is that this is such a common belief. It is used to deny the widespread existence of rape, you couldn't possibly have been raped if you act "normal". I think it also contributes to this notion of rape victims as "damaged goods".

Totally agree. What are toxins supposed to be really? No one seems to be able to give a concrete example if a "toxin" that all these homeopathic remedies supposedly remove.

Agreed! Teen years sucked, I had to parent my parents and sibling ad was like an old lady. 2os had their moments but 30s rock! I'm 35, have a strong relationship, good friends, good job. I have confidence and experience and lots of therapy under my belt. I have enough money to not have to constantly stress. Life is so…

Obviously this is all around insulting. But I am struck by what a low opinion she has of men. Like they are all sub human potential rapists who only want one thing.

It's not necessarily all or nothing...I went back to work when my son was 2.5 months, I pumped for a bit then my body was able to adjust to just nursing in the mornings and evenings. I found nursing after work really a good way to relax and bond with my son. I tend to be kind of high energy and breast feeding helped…

I just feel like my breast feeding experience ended up being about something else entirely. I thought it would be difficult and painful but it was not. I thought it would be about nutrition, but it ended up being about closeness and pleasure more than anything. It was one of the most intimate things I've ever done.

My little guy made these high pitched happy noises when he nursed. So sweet!

That was not my experience. I loved breast feeding, for me it felt really relaxing and good. To each her own!

I think it really depends. I had a traumatic birth experience and expected nursing to be difficult but it wasn't. For me I never had pain. It actually felt really good. Like opioid relaxing almost a high good. I loved it. That was just my experience which I want to throw out because everyone has a different experience.

This is so true. I had a dysfunctional childhood. I thought if moved past it. Having a child reopened old wounds, I was amazed by what came up and by how angry I got with my child.

I agree, it seems to happen to parents who are at the end of their ropes or who just don't have the strongest coping mechanisms. That's why I think this bill is a bad idea, it normalizes poor coping rather than encourages new better skills.

Thanks for this article. We don't spank our son for the reasons you cite. Honestly it doesn't make sense to me to spank a little kid when hitting fellow adults isn't acceptable. Seems like the lesson the kid learns is that might equals right.