It's those same unwritten rules lazy writers cite when explaining they can't have more diversity, or a POC or woman or anything-other-than-straight person in a particular role.

If it really is just an anti-marriage policy because they think marriages are happily ever afters where heroes live in perpetual bliss and lost the motivation to fight crime, then at best it's just an incredibly adolescent move from an industry that resents being seen as adolescent.

And sometimes it swallows

Frankly I doubt any fandom will ever reach the depths of perverted depravity that the Harry Potter fandom used to reach. (Yech.) That's an element you see almost everywhere.

Yeah. I've known some annoying bronies, but I've known some annoying fans of every stripe. We're really just giving them a hard time—not because they like a kid's show, but because they like a kid's show for gurlz.

Thank you for posting that link...as someone who doesn't know squat about Amsterdam my immediate reaction was "wait...doesn't Amsterdam have legal brothels? Are sex workers actually brought there against their will?" I appreciated the clarification.

:/ I fear for the future of that family.

Indeed. Rape culture keeps men and boys who are victims from getting justice as well as women and girls.

I know, right? (I thought the same.)

Oh Jesus that is real, that is a real thing a person said.

Yeah. The stereotype comes out of some serious fetishizing that some creepy white guys do, but the problem with mocking that too much is it de-legitimizes relationships between white men and Asian women that aren't born out of that sort of creepyness (i.e., most of them.) And it unintentionally reinforces the…

I dunno, based on her behavior here she seems more likely to shout "cover up, harlot, you're instilling feelings of lust in my husband!" than cover his eyes or suggest he look away.

Every dude, every day:

Uck. And the "I hope my boys will be worthy of this kind of woman," (i.e., a low-desire woman who dresses in church-approved garb and waits until marriage for sex, which is perfectly fine and lovely as long as you don't present that as the only "worthy" way to live one's life) line...

I like a lot of them. The only two that really fall flat for me are the heart outline and the skull and bottles (though that is more because of how it's executed, not because it's a skull with bottles.)

Well, most 'cleanse' diets seem to have diarrhea as their goal, so that works.

Exactly. Just a very specific version of the "well, if she was interested in sex from someone, it's open season" justification.

Sure. Hop in. I brought fancy chips.

Total shitheads :(

Shit, I'm so sorry that happened to him! I hope he got the support he needed...I know that cases like this where an older woman assaults a younger boy get brushed off a lot because of the sexist perception that men are aggressive and women are passive when it comes to sex.