Women give it. If they expect it, they are trained to expect it, just as women are trained to give it automatically. They are trained by the patriarchy, too.

Perhaps it is that men are cued into "solving" the problem, which requires an unemotional stance. So it isn't that they are incapable of empathy, but that they see their strength as finding a way to "fix" it.

We watched a kid-oriented show on ABC a few weeks ago (can't remember which) and they showed an ad for Forever that included scenes of pretty graphic torture. My 9 year old screamed. So this isn't just old fogeys getting upset over nothing.

I need to borrow Jason Sudeikis.

dang it.

I wouldn't presume she isn't.

It doesn't hurt her, but it hurts the little musician. The little musician can't take a stand that has any meaning. Only the Taylor Swift-sized artists can. She is taking a stand for everyone else. I respect her for that.

I spent all my time in alt.xphiles and alt.freestuff Usenet groups- so much fun. I never got flamed so bad as I did in the free stuff forum. No joke. Do not fuck with people trying to get free stuff in the baby days of the internet.

Being brave is assessing the situation and doing what YOU need to do to be safe. Sometimes being "brave" and putting them in their place puts you in danger. I'm 40 yo and I tell you from experience. You did the right thing to be safe.

The secret wish to be ambush makeovered! I have that, too! I keep trying to do that casual messy thing that actresses do, with hair up and some loose strands but they still look gorgeous, but I just look messy.

My friends an I travelled in 1984 to the rich neighborhood that gave out full sized boxes of Junior Mints! Better than my neighborhood!

It is as it always was. You can go back to the black and white show The Honeymooners to see the original King of Queens scenario.

I've never heard that name, but it's perfect.

It was pretty easy to stumble on porn back then. There were, in fact, many sites that sort of tried to trick you into getting on a porn site. Then you would get all these damn pop up windows opening up. But they did not DOWNLOAD pictures to your computer that you would have to delete. Once you closed the browser, the…

We don't really know that no one did anything. They probably were trying desperately and only this got in the tabloids. In fact, I highly doubt they just suddenly jumped into action. It is not their job to keep the press updated on their every move.

I like that "engineering" is when girls and black people are let in. Keeping them out is just nature.

My husband often sees spiders dropping down on him from the ceiling, too! Do you usually see things that are invading? And are you stressed usually when it happens? I always wonder if his hallucinations are manifestations of his stress, because he never sees lollipops and fairies!

My husband feels terrible, too. He doesn't like feeling out of control of his body and he worries he might do something bad. I feel bad for him.

my husband does, too. It is generally triggered by stress, and when it happens, it is always around 2:30, which makes me think it is at a particular stage of sleep. He babbles as he tries to tug at my clothes. Before I understood what was happening, I felt bad saying no all the time! Now I just smack him and tell him…

People with "less complex romantic histories" are also probably more likely to be religious folk who are pressured to commit completely to the idea of marriage.