In my experience, a guy to describes himself has having yellow fever not only wants a look, but a ton of bullshit cultural stereotypes- specifically of submissiveness and servitude.

Isn't the point of the articles that we don't have a clean definition for a classification we use everyday? We used to think of it as a line between to options, and not so much anymore, leaving the question, what is the distinction? It sure as hell is a question I'd like the answer to.

But they do call Canadian geese Canada geese. Go figure.

Towing the conservative line until it crosses her is what she does.

I find it cute, because I already love cooking bacon in an oven, and that preheats the oven to 400, so doing the egg in the oven afterwards seems like a bonus.

Very much this.

Poor, FB- from "Hero of the Arab Spring" to "Haven for the Olds" in the span of 2 years.

I've been thrilled to see her work regularly on Cracked, though I've had to struggle to get the video to work.

Some people just have a gift.

Perhaps I've just been outside of Wisconsin for too long, but how can a bra be a fire hazard if someone is wearing it? I'm trying to make the pieces fit... and they... if you... or... no.

I think a lot of times it's a matter of looking for validation. i.e., "You've chosen to sleep with me. Does that make me special? Are you indiscriminate or selective when choosing your bed partners?"

Well crap - I mean when I was growing up I was definitely scrawny - though occasionally described as 'wirey'. Now in my 30's I exercise regularly so my arms are bigger than they've ever been in my life. Does this mean I'm going to become more conservative because I'm getting the olds, or I'm getting buff?

Anecdotes are just that - stories that may be illustrative, but are hardly representative of the whole; otherwise, they wouldn't be anecdotes, they'd be data.

You can't just look at one *potential* outcome of our gun policy and ignore the rest and hope to have a fair assessment of whether or not that policy is in the public interest. Every element I brought up from the availability of guns for criminal use to gun accidents are fruit of the same vine. Fewer guns means…

Like I said, my knowledge is cursory. That said, I have read some discussion on the underling power dynamics of D/s relationships (OK, I read about it in Dan Savage's column one time or another), but whomever holds the power in the relationship that doesn't change my understanding that the parties involved are not…

You're taking an absolutist position to build a strawman.

That point absolutely exists. They reached it in Australia and the UK to name two.

That's because they take the madonna-whore complex and turn it into a sport. Once it's a competition it becomes a matter of honor to show you can out madonna-whore the other side.

I left Mad-town back in August, and hadn't heard that. Well students, this is what you get for voting Mayor Dave out of office.

It seems to me deconstructing the purity fetish should be a pretty powerful way of reframing it so it is no longer 'the traditional norm', which is a huge barrier to assessing the logic behind this kind of thinking. So long as it is the norm it's hard to attack it without attacking society widely, good and bad.