And now you all understand why Stephen Hawking is widely acknowledged as a genius. Until his proposal of black hole evaporation by virtual particles, no one had then made such a strong link between quantum mechanics and general relativity.

@LocalStMary: I have.

@CharlotteT: I'd wager a lot of women (both homosexual and heterosexual) are miserable and depressed because of the men they're with.

Is it just me, or did his entire article have an undercurrent of 'get back in the kitchen' to it?

@LazyHippo: I don't know, I think it's good to get a dialogue started. Avoiding stuff is like walking on eggshells. I like to just run into things with my big feminist-in-training bulldozer and see where it takes me. LOL

Until we can collectively acknowledge the damage patriarchy causes and the suffering it creates, we cannot address male pain. We cannot demand for men the right to be whole. Patriarchy promotes insanity. It is as the root of the psychological ills troubling men. - bell hooks

I have a poster on my wall, which is text written in the 1970s, that I feel is appropriate for this and every other post:

@Gnatalby: Yes, you see, women should take great pains to avoid telling men how they're feeling. Us women can do this by not talking to men immediately when they get home from work. Rather, we can mix our man a cocktail and offer to fluff the pillows on the couch where he shall rest until he is ready to unload the…