I was technically assuming that by “ask him” she meant ask him face-to-face but it’s more than moot because it’s even easier for them to lie over text. If you think it’s really easy to see when men aren’t pretending to accept female scientists and that that should be a signifier of non-rape-propensity you should, as I…

Knowledge is a rarely a one-way street, but it is if you contribute no knowledge except that which has already been explicitly stated by the other person. How was I “not listening” when my previous comment to you had explicitly stated that it was possible for thin men to have prominent breast issue, just less common…

It happens, sure, but, as I said, less often than lesbian women wearing men’s pants. What about what I said made you think you needed to “share knowledge” about the fact that gynocomastia does (rarely) affect otherwise thin men? No offense, but maybe just listen when lesbian women politely offer an observation about…

I agree that women’s oppression is the original oppression and it gave rise to capitalism more than vice versa and I think that the degree of criticism of Sandberg here is unnecessary (her work in the tech industry isn’t causing capitalism and she isn’t even a politician....). But women would be better off under…

I mean, butch lesbian women do sometimes/often wear men’s pants. More often than skinny men have prominent breast tissue.

“Now if you want to understand if this is a control fantasy or sadism fantasy, simply ask him his views on women in the military, women in STEM, women in government. Douchy guys cannot help themselves and will say “I know its not politically correct but...”

Totally. The number of people here referring to this as “standard” or “normal” or “common” is chilling. Call me crazy, but I wish we lived in a world where it wasn’t standard for men to be excited at the thought of raping and hurting women...

And, as I said, I doubt that, in New York, there was only one lesbian couple available. Do you? People who say woke a lot often aren’t in practice particularly affirming of lesbians, by the way. Google “monosexuality” or “cotton ceiling” if you want to confirm that and also be super concerned about the future of the…

I doubt that they were so pressed for participants that fewer than two female couples were available. And does your self-selection theory explain why there are a lot of alive, non-het-sex-having gay men on TV, but almost no lesbians on TV and almost all of the few that there are end up either dying or having sex with…

Ever since abortion was a medical procedure necessary to prevent serious health consequences like bone depletion, persistent nausea, fatigue, six weeks of genital bleeding, serious pain etc. etc. etc... I.e. always.

Ever heard of grooming? Laying the groundwork for sexual abuse? There’s a world of difference between a threat and an overture to begin a relationship which involves rape and assault. Partner rape: a real thing! Look it up!

Gay men. There are two of male couples and only one of a female couple. See also: the vastly higher representation of male couples than female couples on TV. (Even as parents, even though female couples with kids are way, way more numerous in real life than male couples with kids.)

Yeah, because you can see the faces in the rest of the images?

Don’t be alone with him again. People (sometimes) tell you who they are. When a man says he wants to hurt you, injure you, and penetrate you against your will, he means he wants to hurt you, injure you, and penetrate you against your will. If he did assault you, his texts and the fact that you were too thrown to…

“Taking you against your will” reads to you like he was planning on prior consent?

I’m sad for the pregnant women who have to interact with your MIL but also sad for her because it seems like she developed a pretty damaging eating disorder as a direct result of sexist medical malpractice.

So, I don’t quite agree that shaving receives ire around here (if anyone was going to get all keyboard-warrior-y about false understandings of evolutionary biology and what percentage of teenage girls have been taught that hair removal is part of hygiene and ooh, patriarchal bargains, you know it would be me. And even…

Yeah, like Veet and stuff. Creams that you put on your legs that use acids to weaken the hairs and then you scrape off the weakened hair with a plastic spatula type thing.

Do most of the women here shave every couple of days? I think the average even for women who do shave their legs is about once a week and commenters on a sort of feminist-skewing website are probably more likely to not shave or not shave as often.

I don’t think that’s for appearance though, I think it’s more comfort so skin doesn’t dry out and then tear off from the friction of socks/shoes/walking.