you're only responsible until you make a mistake. And most of you will make a mistake. It may not end up this badly but you will make a mistake.

Only if you think sex as a transaction is bad to begin with.

Exactly.

In my experience, dudes either don't care, kind of fake care to act gentlemanly, or care way too much aka trying past the point I am bored and tired and saying stop. As much as not caring is kind of a slap in the face, a lot of times it's the easiest way. I've also had sex without one (most of the times I've had sex)…

Nope, alcohol and benzos can definitely kill you, because they both suppress central nervous system activity. That is one of the most dangerous combinations there is.

To maybe play devil's advocate though, what about people who actually KNOW what they did is wrong and consciously try to change and atone for their actions? Don't get me wrong, Collins specifically comes off as self-serving (at least from these quotes), and I think he should have done a lot more to "atone" than go to…

I've heard about some therapies happening in Canada. Support groups/drugs to suppress libido while men can be re-oriented to romance with an adult. I have no idea what the success rate is or what happens when you stop taking the drugs to suppress libido, which anyone in a consenting romantic relationship will one…

I don't always, but when I do, it's because the pooping muscles were ejecting the tampon anyway.

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That high-pitched sound you hear? That was my point, whizzing over the top of your fedora. Too bad Men's Health, Yahoo, and Chris Rock haven't addressed how to take uber-serious, self-important, all-must-worship-my-manhood stick out of your ass. Seriously, you'd be a lot happier. Honestly, feminists don't hate…

You sound like a terrible lay.

Waiting for my invite. I'm not that annoyed by ads, and I use my real name (though I support people who do not for privacy reasons), but mostly I'm just growing increasingly intolerable of the vapid, passive-agressive inspirational photo quotes about not making space in your heart for men who don't make you a…

Ha. I say that every morning when my husband is getting dressed :P

In order for women to avoid sexual assault as much as possible, all men need to be considered possible rapists and sexual abusers. Feminists have been trying to push the idea that if we talked to men more about consent and respect for other people's bodily autonomy, then that idea of the schrodinger's rapist wouldn't…

"For just 80 cents a day, you can give an actress or pop star the women's history and feminist theory education they so desperately need. Please call today."

Whenever someone gets asked the question and replies with some remix of "I'm not a feminist," I always wish there would be a follow up question of, "why not?" Not even in an antagonistic way, I genuinely want these people to explain their position and what about feminism is so repugnant to them. Partly because I…

My husband has PTSD, and because he developed it because of physical and psychological abuse in his home of origin plus a violent home invasion — not through military service — he already feels like his PTSD is somehow illegitimate. So I find your attitude to be unhelpful at best, and reinforcing the prejudice that…

Most TB comes from the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria; that is almost certainly the bacteria that the babies were exposed to. My understanding is that there are a few other related strains of bacteria that can also cause TB, but this is significantly more rare. For example, there's a strain found in cows that…

I have TB, though not active.

The Bad: If you've ever been exposed then you'll forever test positive, so continual testing in a medical environment is not nearly as effective as you'd think. The disease can lie dormant for a day or a lifetime, so people who have it don't have any clue until they start coughing up…

I'm really hoping she drops the big act and sings for real, does some acting, light comedy, whatever. She's talented and delightful and it all gets hidden in the bullshit.

It's only been like this since the end of the 70s, when instability led to the 1979 Revolution and the rise to power of Ayatollah Khomeni. Pre-Revolution, Iran was a very culturally vibrant place. There was pop music, rock music, even types of what we'd call psych-rock now. The Iran of the last 35 years is a lot…