It seems like society also does a good job of grinding down the employees associated with administering the “social safety net,” practically guaranteeing that there will be a mixture of ineptitude and burnout. People who get into social work from a perspective of truly wanting to help others find themselves with…

I think couples' therapy is the worst thing in the universe.  I'd rather have a root canal without anesthesia than go through that again.  It relies upon both parties being able to sit politely and to productively talk through their problems.  Uh, if my man were capable of doing that, I wouldn't have dragged him here,…

I think that a lot of men right now are trying very hard. I am encouraged by a lot of the effort that I see. The problem is that there are a lot of good intentions but many of the men who try to develop their emotional intelligence still did not grow up in households that truly modeled an equal division of emotional…

I think most people grow up with baggage from their upbringings, even people who generally had pretty healthy family dynamics and good childhoods. It takes time and some growing pains in order to orient themselves as to what kind of adult life they truly want (and hell, that process never ends anyways!) I think this…

I am so sorry you are going through that. My parrot got a sudden neurological disease and lost use of one of his legs over the course of a few days. I know it makes things extra difficult when you have to deal with such a substantial impairment in addition to waiting for the inevitable.

I think that some people would revolt, but we are probably talking about a few hundred fringe confederate general/women-hating/doomsday/racist/gun nut/militia/secessionist/homophobic/incel/pig humper/survivalist/sister fucker/conspiracy theorist/white supremacist/inbred hicks. Probably a lot of people from the deepest…

You’re right, and I even think that our society is doing a damn good job of disincentivizing marriage even for the middle class at this point. Marriage isn’t as helpful as it once was in terms of taxes and for a lot of people it is actively harmful. For those who need any kind of government assistance whatsoever,…

This girl had such a spark of joy inside of her. She was young, beautiful, loved to play with dolls, and dreamed of being a scientist someday. She chose her friends based on their individual qualities and not their races. THIS IS THE TYPE OF HUMAN BEING THAT WE NEED MORE OF IN THIS WORLD but no, the opposite happened.…

I know that sex crime is far more about power than it is about sex. Still, it is amazing to me that a man with virtually unlimited access to naked women would continue to fetishize their visual nudity to such an extreme.

I can understand the rationale for trying to institute some kind of uniform appearance for members performing in a concert in which individuals are not meant to be standing out. And it does seem that the rules could be applied in a lot of cases and were not necessarily meant to single out one race, since many people…

Back in the day, when women started working and when modern feminism began emerging, there was a lot of anxiety that these trends would end up destroying traditional marriages, and I think that is definitely a major part of the picture.

Or how about, couldn’t they have been content with breaking the law, desecrating a historic cultural landmark, and having ultimate freaky transgressive sex? Did they really have to add the exhibitionist aspect for the cherry on top? The fact that they had to film it makes it so much worse because then they are…

It’s strange—when I read this, it’s like I know that there should be so many indignant feminist impulses sparking, or, as a historian, that I should undertake some sort of contextual or thematic analysis of this topic, because sheesh, there is a lot here.

“One of the suspects for Saturday’s attack, Travis David Condor...”

So in addition to being a monster, this coward couldn’t even gaybash properly—it sounds like he was saving the world from the “gay horrors” of behavior that was actually perfectly normal and innocent (i.e., in his worldview, non-gay) between two friends playing around on social media.

I often get the sense that Toronto has the misfortune of getting some of America's worst elements sent up from the south...

I think it always seems kind of strange to me when very successful women choose to associate themselves with men with abuse issues. I was in a tremendously abusive relationship for almost 15 years, and it got to the point where emotionally I wanted to leave more than anything, and emotionally I was ready. However, I…

Regular gay bashing is bad enough but no, this massive man is out punching down on an “assumed lesbian,” a WOMAN? What kind of lame ass loser of a "man" do you have to be to attack someone who is no threat to you in any way physically and BREAK HER SPINE!?

For those wondering why she didn’t get out on bail, the reason is that she has an outstanding warrant in New Jersey. Allegedly she would have already been released without bail if not for the existence of the other warrant.

It’s probably worse than just an impulse control problem.  It sounds like he actually may have drugged her with something in her drink. That’s just stone cold premeditation.