Yeah, my aunt I suspect is in a similar situation. She's still married to her husband, but everyone in my family knows it's basically a sham, business arrangement because of her position. I won't say who she is or her position because she's prominate in politics in a certain state, and her husband isn't like rapist…

Nope. We’d need a conviction to toss him in prison, but any other sanctions don’t legally require a burden of proof.

No particular insights I can offer because it’s the UK, but the Queen (well, the royal PR team) revoked Jimmy Savile’s knighthood posthumously after a similar volume of charges of his raping teenage girls came out after his death. The parallels are creepy - famous entertainer with family appeal uses position and fame…

Feminism has a history of failing black women and ignoring people of color

The fact that they don’t consider race is in fact racist

Can we wait for him to be tried and convicted? We do have a standard of proof in this country...a process supported by the senators who want to take back the honor.

No because he admitted it.

Is there any precedent for the sheer volume of rape we’re looking at here?

The White House has said that rescinding the medal is unprecedented. Then again, prior award-winning criminals either had no victims (e.g., they used illegal drugs for fun) or they had so many thousands of anonymous victims that there were never any formal complaints (e.g., they bombed civilians on another continent,…

Was wondering the same thing. I’d actually want to know before supporting this kind of effort.

thanks for “agreeing” with something when it’s a fact

The 77% stat is all women nationwide vs. all men nationwide. It’s hugely misleading considering it doesn’t control for major issues like hours worked, or job type.

The headline, like the previous Jez one “Bobby Brown Performs, Forgets Lyrics, While Bobbi Kristina In Hospice” makes it seem as if he’s not supposed to be doing those things while she’s dying. There is a definite negative tone, as if the man is supposed to constantly be at her bedside on a death watch.

I’ve been baffled by Camille’s refusal to accept the all-too-obvious, but I didn’t realize she was his business manager. That clears it up for me. A business and spousal relationship makes it really hard to disentangle yourself from a person.

It really reads like an Animal Farm quote.

The schadenfreude is so delicious I could eat it with a spoon.

I don’t understand why this couple actually believes that the rest of the world cares about THEIR marriage.

I’m not actually that shocked about the NDA just because I can’t imagine what anyone could possibly say that would cause me to have a lower opinion of Hugh Hefner. And I feel like he must have enough self awareness to realize that’s probably true for a large proportion of the population. Why bother with the lawyer…

Things got really awkward near the end of the night when the CIA showed up and killed the Castro impersonator.

Yeah, I'm really glad this isn't me, it would stress me out the whole time. I feel like even if you were prepared and had your husband standing up to his family saying "NO! You will not do this", there would still be the constant anxiety that somebody would not listen. Or, at least they would spend the reception…