I don’t remember the quote source but hopefully a helpful commenter will: I remember reading ages ago that the reason men are afraid of women being treated equally is because they are terrified women will treat men in the same way they have treated women.

One execption isn’t exactly a solid argument.

If it were the case that rumors helped expedite recognition amd dismissal, then Cosby, Allen, Polanski, Louis CK, Weinstein, Ratner, several political figures, Brock Turner, Jameis Winston, Chris Brown, Russel Simmons, Big Ben, and hundreds of other men who are known to have victimized women would have faced the same…

At the time, Apu was representation to an under represented culture. This was one of the first shows to embrace and lampoon Bollywood culture and Apu, outside of (RIP) Krapapel, is probably the most well developed secondary character in the show. He was the tentpole for finding the medium between embracing a new…

I am of the camp that there is a tad bit of reaching in this documentary.

I don’t want to be the one, but I’m gonna be the one. We tend to believe male rape victims for a combination of two factors: The first being internalized homophobia because the act is so “unnatural”, and the second being internalized sexism.

Reminds me of the locker room at Penn State. (too soon?)

Yeah, you don’t get to selectively retract because your wording came off as the victim blaming bullshit it is.

My companies have always did it (as well as for our team meetings and retreats) and there haven’t been issues.

This is why the massive “burn it down I’m so vindicated” posts make me roll my eyes.

My coworker and I were talking about this today.

Not a guy, but have my guy friends, colleagues, and brothers in the Greek system: Yes, they do. A lot. But mainly to insult other guys or in the case of gay men, to talk about how “ew” it is.

Agreed. I mainly phrased it that way because I’ve been around long enough to have experienced that even the slightest suggestion that cognitively impaired folks shouldn’t be allowed to perform certain tasks has been met with scorn and a certain amount of projection.

I know this can be construed as ageist, but we REALLY need to have a precedent for regularly screening congitive issues im our lawmakers. This is a job where being fully mentally functional and present is essential.

They legitimately care about their constituents, but are smart enough to know that those constituents won’t read to the part in the CBO report where they’ll be fucked years down the road instead of right now, like healthcare and other civil rights.

Nearly all of these peopl won’t feel significant consequences until 2027, and Americans are criminally unable to think of any future beyond two weeks from now.

For those of you looking for a nice, positive read, WaPo’s piece on abortion doulas will bring all of the tears:

If this dude is America’s sweetheart, then America needs a heart transplant.

If you think for one hot minute that an essential mail order bride is skirting the responsibilities of first lady as a fuck you to the patriarchy, then I guess sometimes we need fantasy in difficult times.

Well, I guess you haven’t managed to verse your “short temper” in the law, because there are a myriad of things that constitute assault that don’t involve hitting.