And here's the thing; we do teach people not to murder. We teach both men and women what murder is, why it's bad, and that there are punishments for it.

You sound like a typical insufferable academic, unable to understand why there might be even the slightest problem with your messaging and telling the masses of people that they just need to try harder to understand what you're telling them. You need to understand that it's smugness like yours that turns many people…

Most people in the West are not anti-feminists, even if many don't identify with the label feminism. Most people support gender equality and are not actively fighting it. Portraying anyone who might question the terminology and presentation of "rape culture" or "teaching men not to rape" as an anti-feminist or MRA is…

Then with all due respect, you're not thinking very hard and you're probably ensconced in some academic ivory tower or feminist activist environment where phrases like "rape culture" make perfect sense to you, when the reality outside of those circles is that they don't resonate with the wider public. Saying we need…

"Teach men not to rape" is shorthand, and it means basically the same thing.

The correct response is "I have absolutely no control over what other seagulls do. In fact you are mixing up the groups 'abusive seagulls' and 'non-abusive seagulls' and pretending they are one thing instead of 2. Thats basically racism, please go away."

Unfortunately, not all feminists know that not every man is a misogynist. A select few are pretty vocal about saying the large majority of men are rapists.

If this article was meant as a way to identify commenters who refuse to examine their own assumptions and biases, well then, mission accomplished.

But that was NOT what you said. You wrote you want to hear "... I'm going to try and stop those things instead of just ignoring them.""

#9 really offered something illuminating. It reveals just how deep patriarchy in society goes when even the definition of attractive male is determined by straight males and not straight women or gay men.

While I understand your initial reaction, this is one of those things that comes from engaging in these kinds of discussions a lot only to realize that far more often than not, the person doing the "polite" questioning has absolutely no interest in your answers, they're just wearing you down. It's arguing in bad…

Maybe we shouldn't be making arguments that over generalize and raise the ire of an entire group because of individual experiences with members of that group. That seems just about as wrong as calling all rats "bitches", doesn't it?

The problem with the #YesAllWomen hashtag is that by saying all women experience this harassment they immediately opened it up to saying, and it was exploited to actually say, that all men are potential harassers or attackers. When you're viewpoint is basically vilifying 50% of the population, you can't be surprised…

I ignore people because nothing pisses a combative douchenozzle off more than taking away their access to an audience. By refusing to engage, I'm not giving them a chance to explain their idiotic stance, vent their spleen, or feed their anger.

I personally like this one better.

#2 is actually terrible. It asserts that

When I ignore someone who argues with me, it's not because I don't respect their viewpoint. It's because I'll never change my mind, they'll never change theirs, so what's the point?