I understand why people would feel like they couldn't talk about this. If we're being honest about feelings here, I honestly felt no sympathy for the women above. To be honest, I saved all my sympathy for their children.

I weep for people who will never know the beauty of a good CFS with gravy.

My father died suddenly and unexpectedly two years ago. I still sometimes have trouble with the "THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED" feelings. I'm forty years old.

no matter their actual sexual history, often had one thing in common: they developed early.

Maybe I'm just a self-hating human, but I'm just a little bit disappointed in how our fairly boring-looking species became the dominant creatures on the planet. Sometimes I wonder what earth would look like today if that meteorite had missed, just to see what the dinosaurs would have come up with. I imagine the raptor…

I've seen better scientific foundations for claims in creation museums.

I love reading Miss Manners on the subject. "Should I tell my friend she's fat?" "Why? Do you think she hasn't noticed?" If you see something wrong with someone's appearance, the rule is that you can mention it only if the person can immediately fix the problem. Since no one is going to step into another room and…

Yes. I would actually be surprised to hear that someone didn't have a reaction like this to at least someone's smell.

Oh good. Now we can blame the victims some more.

I hate this advice. Its like saying if you don't want your TV stolen then don't own a TV, its the only true way to make sure it isn't stolen.

Well he is and he isn't. If he's a responsible adult he should educate himself on all methods of birth control/STD prevention and their efficacy. Of course he won't be using this on himself, but it's essential information if any partner wants to use this as her primary. Keep wrapping the rascal for now.

No, not a freak of nature. Or if you are, I'll join you. A pack (64) of tampons, store brand, costs me under EUR 3.00 (US-$ 4) and lasts for 4 periods at least.

Part of me wonders if she is doing research for a non-western focused article? Access to proper hygiene products can have a pretty tremendous and positive effect on women in poorer countries. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-…

I tend to forget how bad periods can be for a lot of women, because mine is about 3-4 days, and I haven't needed more than regular tampons in years. So for me, a box of tampons usually lasts me about 4 periods, which is incredibly cheap. But when I first started, I used to bleed for 7-11 days, heavily for probably 6…