I really, really hope that you are successful. Unfortunately, when you look at long term success the numbers indicate that the grand majority of people simply cannot keep the weight off long term. When the majority of people cannot do a thing I think that indicates that those that can are outliers. I hope you are an…

Yup. It's 100% about controlling women's bodies.

It's not only an issue for the 'leg spreading' half of the population.

Everyone has already said it, I'll add my voice to the chorus. I was really surprised to realize just how much of my time I spend on this site reading comments. This is a really fantastic community, thank you for fostering it!

That is so awful. I know there is nothing I can say to make it feel better, but if I worked with you I would have stood up for you. I work at a non-profit, talk about it as much as you can. Make sure people know who you mean without saying who he is. The rumor mill might get revenge for you, the non-profit world is…

Being able to see where my partner is (and vice versa) has really helped us both get over the weird paranoia we were left with after our respective sisters were killed in separate car accidents. My family still starts out any phone call that's unexpected with "I'm okay/are you okay?" said in unison, and my sister was…

I know that this proves how ill informed I am, but could anyone point me to a good source for a primer on this situation? I want to better understand the history and social context. Google yields many articles, but I would rather trust the instincts of the Jezebel crowd. Thanks in advance.

You aren't "wrong." Your brother's friend is the wrong one. Plus, I mean, that scene ... daaaayuuuum.

I really enjoyed this, good luck!

I've been completely obsessed with this thought for a few years now. I'm thinking that with all those men needing wives China might go very old fashioned and start just straight up stealing women from their neighbors. Much as we like to forget it, we're all animals and those instinctual urges are pretty powerful when…