You’re actually proving my point. That a woman can dead lift that amount is so unusual that they feel compelled to post YouTube videos to prove that it’s real. How hard would you laugh at a guy who did the same thing, for the same weight? Say, a guy like me, a 43 year old soft-bellied office worker?

Women are fully capable of fighting to the death for someone they love. They cannot kick down a door or dead lift 250lbs, however.

The physical requirements render this largely a PR move by the Pentagon. There will be effectively no women who can meet the fitness standards set by special forces.

No, it’s just childishly absurd.

No, it’s not. If you like to be assaulted, it’s still assault. I’ll turn it around to make it easier to understand. You like cookies, right? Everyone does. Suppose someone makes a really shitty cookie and offers it to you. You eat it and hate it. Does it cease to be a cookie because it is terrible? No, it’s still a…

I’m sorry, that’s absurd.

Nice dodge.

Ok, so let’s try this. You and I go over to Union Square. We find a cop. We stand in front of the cop. I hand you $40 and turn to explain to the cop that I am paying you to let me punch you in the face. I then punch you in the face as hard as I can. What do you think happens next?

Just because someone likes it doesn’t mean it’s not assault. It may not be legally actionable in certain jurisdictions, but a punch in the face is still a punch in the face.

Yeah, I keep hearing that. And it’s great. But is it ok if I punch you in the face and call it something other than a punch in the face?

Well that’s a good place to end, given that I feel the same way about you. Good luck with your sublimated rage and inability to grasp nuance. I’m sure both will serve you well personally and professionally!

Who are you talking to? Why are you so defensive about this shit? You’re attaching a judgement where there is none. Clearly you feel weird about the things that turn you on. I don’t.

Yeah, read through the rest of my responses. Just because someone likes it doesn’t mean it’s not assault. If that makes you squeamish then that’s on you.

The NFL and UFC are obviously considered assault. Duh. It is assault that someone consents to, sure. It is not legally actionable, but it is still assault. Why is that so hard for you to grasp? The same goes for porn that documents women or men getting violently punched or constrained during a sex act. Whether Stoya…

Of course I’m being serious. I have refuted every “point” you have made. Your unstated point is that you enjoy porn and you don’t want think about the nature of violence in your psyche. That’s cool. I’m right there with you. But I’ve chosen to face facts instead of torturing logic to protect my sense of my own moral…

How about this analogy. Let’s say someone pays a person $100,000 to be killed on camera. Is that not murder?

It may be assault that his partner likes. It may be assault that his partner is paid for. But it’s still assault.

I am not talking about porn, I am talking about sexual assault. There is a difference, but you seem to be confused by the fact that some of the porn Deen and Stoya make documents sexual assault. The fact that images of sexual assault turn people on does not make it not sexual assault.

You keep reverting to the term “having sex” when I say “sexual assault.” Why is that?

Have you seen any of James Deen’s work?