Wankers can be used for men and women. It's not a sexist term, and the use of it wouldn't raise any eyebrows. Why do you keep mentioning parliamentary privilege? It doesn't have any bearing on the media, it just means they can't be arrested and tried in courts for what they say in parliament. People can still dissect…

I think it depends what kind of guy you're looking for. If you want someone who is going to chase you, make all the moves, be the one who pushes the relationship forward.....this probably isn't the right guy for that. But that might not be a bad thing.

I'm not quite sure what your point is. As far as I'm aware, nobody is calling for the jobs of the miaowers or anything extreme like that. They miaowed, I'm judging their actions as sexist, as are others. Yeah, they have the right to miaow. We have the right to judge them negatively for it, and call their behaviour…

I think you're missing the point. It's a gendered insult, and it's pretty sexist. Whether it happens in schools or pubs isn't the point. If you want to call Penny Wong any number of non-gendered insults for not standing up for gay rights, go ahead, but I don't see what her gender has to do with anything.

For those wondering why Australia/NZ/anywhere else is missing from the map: this is a New Yorker's cartographic equivalent of a cortical homunculus - you know that picture from psych 101 where the size of the body part represents the amount of brain-space devoted to it?

I kind of liked the second one. I took it to mean that she was just making conversation with him, telling him mundane things about herself and her brother. That part was a little vague and messy, but I thought it was otherwise a bittersweet story about a girl who chooses to be sweet towards her father, even though…

No, the mother was dying, and she knew it, so she was saying she won't have to bury her children like her mother has to bury her. Because her children are going to outlive her. I think?

Hah. I had a cat called Fat Boy when I was a kid. He was an adopted stray who was endlessly hungry. I have a new adopted stray who's going the same way. They're just so pathetic, how can you say no?

Nonono, I hope you're right! Suggesting women have a choice about how they handle unwanted attention seems much less awful than saying women have the power to stop unwanted attention from turning into rape. Neither are very nice things to say though. But hey, maybe we're both wrong! Guess we'll have to wait and see,…

I dunno. Sounds to me like s/he is saying that Dworkin is wrong anyway, and only a 'feeble mind' would compare their statements. I think s/he is saying that women will get unwanted attention, and that women are free to stop that attention from turning into rape. How they're meant to do that, I don't know.

I did want to name something Jezebel, but that's been a bit ruined by discovering this site. Not that this isn't a great site, but I just wouldn't be able to escape the feeling that I was naming something after.....a blog. Not gonna happen.

You're my parents?

Milo? Chile? No, no, no! Milo is Australian, mate! And we pronounce it Mai-low.

Ahhh, that sucks. But lives are complicated, and when I was on OkCupid I pulled the exact same sort of thing for totally valid (I think) reasons.

Oh, you mock him, but I got pretty much everything I have through withholding sex. Since I haven't had sex with the vast majority of the population, clearly I am skilled in the ways of keeping my legs shut, and apparently it's working for me. Stop pretending women aren't the ones with all the sexy, sexy power!

Hearted back because it's the least I can do for someone under threat of a UTI!

Ahhh, so he's just a creep. Sever, and enjoy your fireworks! Although with an arse like him, expect a lot of passive aggressive snark when he realises you're ignoring him. But by then, your bf should be back, and you can just revel in having a great, non-creepy bf. Yay!

Aaaargh, UTIs are the worst. If I could teleport my pack of pre-emtive UTI antibiotics to you, I would. I guess you'll just have to drink water like crazy and cross your fingers. Good luck =(

Hey, even us non-stop chow-devouring foodbags deserve a pretentious sounding name to describe us. And speaking of food, the lasagna I was stressing over was actually pretty good! Far from perfect, but I'm still really happy with my first attempt at a sacred family recipe. I think your encouragement definitely helped =)

Is he in the same situation as you - new in town, not many local friends? That would partly explain the creepiness, he probably thinks having you as a girlfriend would solve all his loneliness problems. If you still want him as a friend, be absolutely blunt and tell him you can only stay friends with him if he starts…