Nothing in our article has had the slightest effect on the reputation that Mr. Trump, through his own words and actions, has already created for himself.

This is so dead on. Just a month or so ago I finally told my employer about a more senior colleague raping me several years ago, partially because he’s now being given increasing managerial powers and is supervising women. My family couldn’t understand why I would put myself at risk by telling them, but so much of…

Years ago when the world was young I had a (married) boss who showed up at my apartment one night, drunk as a lord, eager to relieve me of the burden of not ever having had sex with him. He had been out with some of the other engineers that night, and they’d gotten to talking about me, and he thought he’d just stop by.

Same. I very deliberately rerouted my life to take my rapist through the criminal justice system. But all the small, subconscious ways we edit and second-guess ourselves to just DEAL with the smaller stuff, it makes me equally angry.

Which is probably the only single good thing to come out of this election. Oh, and the first woman president. I feel like this is going to be lengthy dialogue. Like, four years lengthy, at least, and it’s about damn time.

Playing my rape victim card: I’ve been raped by a stranger in an alley. I’ve also had my boob grabbed by a guy in an elevator who was trying to hit on me, and a guy in a meeting touch my leg under the table, and a crazy homeless guy grab my crotch. I’m never going to tell you that being raped was better than those…

I was watching this last night and she was so emotional during this. And it reminded me as well of all the times men touched me or I felt that I had to do/endure things for men and it feels so gross and awful. The powerlessness is so real. There is not a damn thing I can do.

I am a scientist and I have personally experienced severe mood side effects from certain hormonal contraceptives. With that position stated upfront, I was pleased that this study had the impact that it did. It’s unfortunate (but not surprising) that many headlines/readers ran straight for the implication of a) a huge…

Haven’t heard enough examples? Yes they do. I’ve personally had it happen once when I was 13, again at 16, and the most recent was an attempt at 26, but that didn’t get far because I grabbed his wrist and twisted as hard as I could. Every single man who did this to me was an adult, and the only one who was relatively…

My husband expressed the same shock. He knew the big stuff that had happened, but I had never bothered to mention the “smaller” stuff. He suddenly stopped and said, “Are you just unlucky or does this happen to all women??” I told him to ask him mom if he doubted me.

Yeah, when you don’t remember doing this but you’re all, “Yep, sounds like me.” That is not a good sign of your overall character.

What is so striking to me is that something that can be traumatic and have such lifelong effects on the victim can not even be a blip on the perpetrator’s radar.

After this latest Trump nastiness, I casually mentioned to my husband how often men had gotten handsy or creepy or even slightly inappropriate with me over the years, particularly when I was young, and he was shocked. And I don’t feel like I got an unusual amount of attention for a reasonably attractive woman (but not…

I finally watched Bridesmaids and I didn’t like it, even though I like everyone in it... I just didn’t get it I guess.

...and I have a banana, and a cat, and an accordion. None of these make Trump’s fuckery ok.

Oh I must have missed the part where Turmp declares his intention to grab her by her inner goddess