I....don't really see what the big deal is with this. I mean, he was gay, it's not like he was leading you on.

Overpopulation will not be affected by the (relatively) small percentage of Western women who choose to get IVF. Population growth in most industrialized countries is slowing, if not trending downwards. The true culprit is poverty and lack of birth control in developing nations; I would direct your efforts to these…

Obviously each individual case varies; you seem like you're over academia and are not interested in being a tenured professor, and the stars aligned for you to stay at home for a while and figure out your next steps. That's great. My point is that this situation is much more common for women vs men; if there was true…

"I don't see any reason why he would decide it's because I am a woman; the society we live in is not gender segregated like that, although I know things are different elsewhere" Really? What society do you live in where the percentage of stay at home parents are split 50/50? Because I want to go to there. I actually…

I just want to say that every comment you've left on this article has very eloquently described my feelings on this topic. Keep up the good fight.

Well, so it's not really a non-biased choice for you to stay home; it's what works out best for the family. And, despite all the progress the feminist movement has made, the majority of the time the person "choosing" to stay home and not work is the woman. When it's a 50/50 split among all hetero couples as to who…

I don't understand what this means: "I admittedly felt unsafe in the areas I traveled to as a young woman, since there weren't many of us walking around, even covered up". Who is "us"? Women? Americans? Who was "covered up"? As a teenager I spent my summers exploring Istanbul, many times alone during the daytime, it…

I am going to make both of these on Sunday. Go niners.

Coming down to say the same thing!

Oh, that's good, thanks for the info. I definitely agree that frivolous animal testing should be minimized; I was shocked when I found out how batches of botox were tested, I didn't know if cosmetics did the same thing. It seems like this law is preventing animal testing on products that have essentially already been…

You know, part of me totally agrees with you - but then the other part gets so excited when I see a "revolutionary" new mascara at CVS! I guess my thing is, we can't really prevent capitalism from happening, so "new" cosmetics will continue to be developed for a variety of reasons, and hopefully no one will be harmed…

What about "new" ingredients? Are they just going to halt R&D in Europe?

Well, as a medical researcher I can guarantee you that we are nowhere near the point where animal testing is superfluous and archaic. As a geneticist, I can also tell you that we really do not know that much about human genes; we actually know very little about the large chunks of non-protein coding regions in the…

So...how will the safety of "new" cosmetic items be determined? Not snarking, genuinely curious. I'm all for the humane treatment of animals, but if someone is going to get poisoned by a bad batch of lipstick I'd prefer a mouse to a human.

In California, both parties fill out their "new" names on the marriage license; both men and women can get new middle and last names free of charge and with no additional hassle. All you need is the marriage license to show to the DMV, SS office, etc.

My husband now admits he had extrapolated our relationship 5 years into the future after our second date/first kiss. I would have thought it creepy had he told me at the time, but now I think it's adorable :)

I don't understand how your argument applies to a poor person who has breast cancer with no health insurance and cannot afford to send their kid to private school. They should just fend for themselves because they're poor? I'm a geneticist and I can tell you that the majority of complex and common diseases have high…

Ugh the grammatical errors in the "chorus" are almost as annoying as everything else about this "music video".

What if the government is needed to secure those personal freedoms? Lack of access to basic health care and education can take away freedoms real quick ...