I think the problem others had with your statement was the part where you called Miley a "dumb slut." That's a terrible term to use in 99% of cases. It vilifies women's sexuality based on a sexist societal view of appropriate ways for women to act. (Sorry, I'm still not particularly good at expressing feminist ideas.)…

It's not the same thing at all. Men being bald is acceptable. Imagine if a woman went around bald. Most people would stare and say she isn't acting like a woman. Imagine if a man wore hot pink suits with orange polka dots. The kind of stares that man would get.

I appreciate that you don't support factory farms, but I would like to say that "free-range, grass-fed" does not mean "cruelty-free." Free-range just means that the animals are given access to a space outside. However, chickens never use the door to go outside, partially because they have been bred with huge breasts…

Why would you associate this with all vegans?

Nevermind, read further down...sorry to bother you.

I think a lot of people have this same opinion, with no real evidence to back it up. What is the difference between people and animals? Biologically, there isn't much of a difference. We are more similar than different. Humans have a few unique traits, but cheetahs, dogs, dolphins, etc. all have traits unique to their…

In case you're interested, pandas aren't bad at sex in general, but, like most animal species, they have trouble breeding in captivity. They do eat bamboo, though.

They're the same, actually. Both rape. In either case, a woman/girl was forced or coerced to have sexual contact that she didn't consent to. Just because a girl doesn't end up with stitches and bruises does not mean she wasn't raped just as much as one that did. This is part of the problem today - people seem to think…

1) You stated that most people identify with race, class, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, and religion before they identify with gender. I asked for a source for this information. Then I pointed out that you can be all of those frameworks all at the same time, and the people I come across generally do not divide…

I understand the frustration. However, and this is a real question - why not take the word "feminist" back and use it to mean the kinds of feminism you support? Or is it that you don't want to be associated with women who were god-awful? As in, the image you want to project is not the image that these women project,…

Feminism does not have the capacity or framework to address race, class, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, and religion. These are the things that most people throughout the world tend to identify with before gender.

Yeah, I don't know whether I made an impact. It's possible his/her head imploded. I just like to point out things that challenge someone's beliefs (even my own). As for my story, I'd say it always surprises people because (not to toot my own horn) I'm an attractive young person who looks clearly female. People are…

As someone else pointed out, gender is a social/personal construction. Sex (xx/xy) is what you are thinking of. However, I don't know that it occurs as a binary for most people. Sure, generally people either have penises or vaginas, but there are tons of different kinds of vaginas and penises. Is it just variability,…

That's not exactly about rudeness, though, which is what I was getting at. However, I think creepers gonna be creepy no matter what, so you might as well let kids be kids about their underwear if they're in a public park or a kid's restaurant or other place where children can act up. There are people into children and…

Why is it rude? It's just another form of clothing that covers up the genitals for shame-y and cleanliness reasons. They're just pants that go under your pants.

Right. Because brain scans are totally accurate. As someone who worked with brain scans of mentally ill people, it's not so simple as, "This person has depression because of the activation in this, this, and this area!" There are trends, sure, but you really can't diagnose based on a brain scan whether or not someone…

Biological sex is actually way more confusing than male and female (XY or XX). There are so many steps in the developmental process that can go wrong that external genitalia is actually not always the way to go to designate biological sex, even though that is almost exclusively what we use.

How do you confirm the existence of non-gendered people? Do you mean interest individuals? Because those people really do exist. XX and XY are not the be-all, end-all. For example, you can have a female XY. That is, an externally female individual (vagina, non-functional ovaries, a uterus) with hormonal profiles that…

My cousin's son wants to be a girl when he grows up because he thinks girls are awesome. He loves dress-up and dolls. He also likes trucks and climbing trees and sports. His parents let him express himself however he wants, which I think is a lot more freeing to him. He's allowed to play and dream in a way that other…

Right, only medical care nowadays may correct for some of this, so even if it is not advantageous (and I would argue it is not), it may not affect long-term reproduction and would continue in the population. All because we, as humans, share medical knowledge and treat both fit and unfit individuals. Evolution is very…