I use that same argument.

Also, you shouldn't be dating girls. You should be dating females over 18. They are called women.

See above. The gendered part is still significantly skewed toward women having it worse. I am sorry that it happens to you too.

Sure, some women do this stuff to themselves, other women and to men. But look at the data. Societal expectations are far different for each of the sexes. THAT's why we are so loud about it. No one should do this to anyone, but it happens a great deal more often to women.

You need to look into what causes eating disorders before you are ever allowed to speak on this subject again. Both ends of the spectrum. ASAP.

Mine too! If he knew how to use a computer!

+10000

I knew what was happening. Sometimes I just feel like fighting back rather than ignoring their shit. Occasionally it works. They think they are so smart.

So true!

Yeah, he is trying. He apologized. I doubt that he will do it again. He has not tried to legislate my rights away like a bunch of other people in his town. Overall he seems respectful of women. I can have peace with it. I say dumber stuff all the time.

Thanks for adding this to the conversation. I mean that honestly.

Oh believe me, I've been there. I worked for several months in such a field and it was hard enough to take for a short time. It's not like I didn't believe other women who expressed this before, but it's just a whole bigger thing when you've experienced it yourself. I don't know how you deal with it without screaming…

In that case, that's how you'd apply it. It was simply a memory issue. I know that Syria and Saudi Arabia are different countries. Your point in using those examples was to say that I may need perspective. I got it.

Yes, I've claimed authority both as an educated person and a woman; I've earned that ethos and can defend each in this situation with evidence. Yes, I've intimated that as a man you may not have had the experience of being reduced to a sex object (which you never answered) and thus cannot personally understand the…

Fine, Saudi Arabia. That's not a reading comprehension issue — it's a 'I'd have to go back and check that fact' issue. I got your overall concept — that's reading comprehension.

Not mere assumptions but suspicions based on evidence, which I am qualified to make.

Yep, I did that. But your words display that you are angry. I went to grad school for writing and editing, so I'm plenty qualified to analyze your text and see evidence of your anger. You're also actively commenting on a pro-feminism site when you have directly expressed that you dislike the ideas expoused here, so…

Yep, I'm the one who doesn't know what words mean here and equated empathy with endorsement or cutting slack.

No I don't.

Who are you to say if I am angry about life? You sure seem fond of telling me what I think and now what I read. I certainly need no tips from you.