Thank you for pointing out the prior convictions thing. I'll just add weight to it by stating that studies indicate that there is a window in the late teens when rapists start raping. (McWhorter et al 2009 is a great study that supports this.) We also know that about 2/3rd of rapists continue to rape again and again…

Exactly, I explain it to my students as a spectrum. Take the concept of time - does 12:00 mean 12:00 exactly or does it mean sometime between 11:55 and 12:10? (even the language I use to describe this in English points towards which one we favour.) Is it more important to be punctual or is time flexible when you…

Canadian standards, which was one of the things "Catherine" was using in her search, has higher levels of testing and does not allow for the selling of human biological material. The article in the Herald implied that the donor had to meet those requirements for the treatment to be covered. They fully quoted…

I can see how you can look at it in the "not a slut" point of view, but you can also look at it from the point of trauma. Rape and incest are crimes that can be compounded by a pregnancy arising from it. From just a trauma mitigation point of view offering an abortion to someone pregnant as a result of a crime could…

I don't live in WA. Though the article does talk about Seattle leading the country in tipped minimum wage. My point was that in Canada, the minimum wage is across the board much higher and there's none of this we expect your tips will make up the rest of your actual wage.

I think my friend I. invalidates the all gay men are fashionable stereotype all on his own, most notably with a crime against humanity known as "hot dog pants."

Comparing tipping culture in Canada and the US is comparing oranges and tennis balls -they may have a surface resemblance if you squint, but are completely different. Your friends in BC who serve liquor as part of their job make $9/hour plus tips. In the same restaurant, the people who don't serve liquor (host/ess,…

Descendant of Erik the Red over here. (Like about 10% of Norwegians apparently) I hope this generation will break the "being a dick to Natives and Inuit for a millennium" cycle. :(

Thank you for having a civil conversation with me about this. These are studies that need to be spread far and wide, and a major reason is so that the overwhelming majority of men that aren't sexual predators (at least in the US/Canada context - there are some conflict torn places where the percentage of rapists in…

Actually, the McWhorter study was over a period of time (I think two years) and looked at crimes committed prior to joining and then again at the end of the study period and did all sorts of comparisons (and provided evidence towards the theory that there is a window in the late teens when most rapists begin raping.)…

No, that is incorrect. Rape perpetration studies indicate that the military has over double the percentage of rapists than the general population. Lisak and Miller (2002) found 6% of their sample admitted to acts of attempted or completed rape when you didn't use legal terms, just described behaviour. (2/3rd of those…

My brother had frequent ear infections as a baby and his paediatrician determined he was allergic to corn. If you have access to an allergist, that may help more than that doctor you have now.

Yes, thank you for pointing this out. In Canada, 12 is the minimum age for even facing criminal responsibility for one's actions. And the prosecutor is talking about trying them as adults?!? We had a case in my province of a 12 year old child meeting a 23 year old man in a chat room and getting into a relationship…

But wouldn't it fall under something similar to a women's only gym? There are plenty of those in Canada. It's not as if there are no dating apps or dating sites catering to heterosexual men out there.

Cape Breton!! I was there last June and it was amazing - a great drive and plenty of beautiful hikes and some awesome restaurants and shops. We also spent some time at Peggy's Cove and since I'm a history buff I went to both the Halifax citadel (be there before noon!) and Fortress Louisbourg (though the power was down…

At my last job, there was a mouse problem every fall when things started to get cold, so the trap in my office probably caught something every night. Our building was one of the first on maintenance's list so there were only a few days where I beat them in. One Friday, I was staying late for an activity and returned…

U of A alumni here - while I can't say about rape chants or anything, the DKEs are the rape frat on campus. I was appalled to hear that they were provisionally reinstated this year, three years into a five year ban.

Me too! My best friend and I originally bonded over Alanna: The First Adventure. As in we literally read the book together from about chapter 3 onward, with me reading over her shoulder. We went on to read everything else and write terrible fanfiction together. The last time we saw Tamora Pierce at a book signing, it…

My Dad pulled a slightly different version of this on me when I fell in love with a very glamorous dress for grad that was a bit out of the price range. "Meg, you're going to university and there will be other graduations for you. Don't steal the glory of the girls for whom this is THE Graduation." Of course now I…

I'm so sorry to hear that. While not as devastating as yours, my high school classmate died in a car accident our first year of university. She was going to university in Australia so the news didn't reach her friends until late on April 1st. One of my good friends, J, was her best friend and J reached out to me…