I had this experience with one of the engineering buildings on my campus - multiple men's rooms per floor, three women's rooms in the whole damn building.

One of the buzzfeed articles on the topic said that - but it appears to have been amended.

I think part of the issue was that they were doing it during a presentation on welcoming women into the tech industry (from what I've read).

Too true! I've made my boyfriend promise that if we spawn I get to draw different eyebrows/hair on babby every day.

The article is specifically ABOUT the prison system? Why on earth would it talk about male-male sexual violence outside of it?

Also: their website has a board where they will be posting specific positions as they start hiring, so it's a good idea to keep an eye on that. I also acknowledged the existence of the posting board in my email (so they knew that it wasn't just that I had terrible reading comprehension), but basically just said that I…

In the email I sent I basically said I was willing to do more or less anything (including an unpaid internship) that included animal husbandry at least part of the time. The lady in HR was quite encouraging, and said they would be looking for that sort of thing! They're going to start the hiring in the next few…

Are you me? I am literally in the exact same situation. I just sent an email to the people at the new aquarium asking if they had any positions available for the summer so that I could gauge if I really want this or if its just me being scared of real life and falling back on my old desires. Maybe give it a shot too?

It's similar, but more than just a style of riding, it's about the way you are working the horse to constantly improve it and build on the training pyramid, which isn't possible until the rider is very capable.

It's certainly possible that you were learning to ride in a dressage seat (did the saddle have very long, thin flaps?) but the actual practice of dressage would have come later. I think we're just cagey about it because good dressage is so hard and so rare, but constantly played off by people outside the sport as…

Generally when you start to learn, it's either english (hunt seat) or western. Dressage is a highly specialized and nuanced style of riding, and you have to have really solid fundamentals before effectively riding dressage. Nobody who is learning to canter can also have the control and finesse needed to be…

I realize that this sounded a little snooty, but as someone who has put in years of work to make it to the grand prix, people like Dita von Teese and "Jordan" really piss me off.

UGH - if you are learning how to canter you are NOT taking dressage lessons. You are taking riding lessons, or English riding lessons if you want to be specific. This is like leaning how to go down the bunny hill in your ski class and saying that you're having Super G lessons. If you're not schooling, like, 3rd level…

I have a friend who is celiac as well, in a "end up in the hospital" sort of way, and is constantly complaining about how much she hates the trendiness for the exact same reasons. People don't understand the seriousness of being celiac and NEEDING to avoid gluten because they're all "intolerant" of it or something.…

My high school actually had this as part of out health unit in gym. It was called "healthy interactions and relationships" or something.

Oh, believe me I know - I was one of them.

Working in the horse industry, you see the "handcuffed" phenomena all the time. Barns bring girls in from Germany, England and New Zealand, provide them with room and board, then work them like crazy for way below minimum wage, because "hey - where are they going to go?" It's pretty sad.

It's really frustrating having everything you do viewed through the lens of "rape victim." I get what you mean about your friends, people can be pretty incredulous about the fact that it is possible to move on and not have your whole life coloured by the experience.

I completely agree - I think the big scary stranger, lurking in the bushes stereotype of a rapist is one of the most damaging things, and it stops people from reasonably considering their actions, because hey - they're not the sort of guy who would corner a lady in a dark alley!