I honestly don’t think we should at all respect values that put women and gays as sub-human. That just doesn’t go against “western values”, it goes against what it means to be a human. What it means to be decent. It goes against the justice, equality etc. So basically I have zero respect for these cultures until they…

Guys.

This is getting beyond ridiculous.

You keep saying this, but can you explain how cheating removes bodily control for the victim? I’m just totally confused by this line.

Affairs are different from abuse.

Let’s stop conflating infidelity with abuse and assault. Infidelity is bad enough, no need to make shit up to try to make it worse.

Agreed. Artists should also refuse to preform in front of dictators as well.

>> the law that demands minors who are victims of sexual assault prove that they resisted in order to get a rape conviction in court <<

I think there should be backlash against musicians who perform before segregated audiences. In the 1980's, Queen and Rod Stewart faced heavy criticism for performing before all white audiences in apartheid era South Africa.

The treatment of women in MENA is hard to believe until you experience it. Last time I was in Morocco, I met with an NGO that was promoting the radical idea that women should be allowed by their husbands to see OB-GYNs.

Wait so in this case State-repression of women’s human rights has ended up being beneficial?

It’s more than the photo though. The article is pretty clear on that.

“We took somebody’s a man’s word for it..”

Unlimited sexual access and punishment for being a temptation.

Standing ovation. Well said.

You wouldn’t have to be careful if you weren’t up to no good, men becoming Ned Flanders-like in their fluster, bewailing the Dawn of the Woman Unencumbered by Fear of Making a Scene, typing through self-righteous tears on their twit-twatter about “witch hunts” [sic] and “lynch mobs” [sic]. They see no contradiction in…

I didn’t like the movie, and I especially didn’t like her acting, but this is awesome. Good for her, this is how Hollywood gets changed for the better.

Good for her - I mean that sincerely.

As far as apologies go, that’s as good as it gets. No deflection. Doesn’t minimize his actions, or magically erase them, but it’s a good start.

It’s a question that historians will never stop debating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_the_Holocaust#Use_of_the_term_for_non-Jewish_victims_of_the_Nazis