Now THAT, is absolutely a fair take.

All you have to do is look at the distinction between how one segment of the population reacted to Clive Bundy, and how they reacted to Ferguson.

The scale is nearly equivalent, and the effect hasn't nearly been the same in terms of severely discouraging women from participating, but I think you're right on principle. The whole men are pigs, only want sex, feel entitled to women, don't have empathy, blah blah blah, is also bullshit.

Thank you thank you thank you. The 1st Amendment is designed to protect free speecch from restrictions by the government.

Seriously. That's the "civil rights" sword you want to fall on??? We've got innocent black dudes being shot in the street by the people who are supposed to protect them....and defending misogyny is their civil rights cause?

No no no. It's only racism when you use the n-word!

Yeah, we see that around HERE all the time. Looks like some people think think that's just normal.

I think that's absolutely right. The pervasiveness of violent video games and movies hasn't led people who aren't violent to do violent things. But people who are prone to violence happen to also like violent video games and movies.

Yeah, she looks completely frightening. Like, somebody has got to have a mannequin fetish or something to be interested in...that.

I think another critical issue is the fact that cops are public servants. But we see time and time again that many don't have the public servant mentality. If the motivations behind your actions are no longer based on a genuine assessment of public need, and you have completely lost the confidence of the community…

Thank you. People have come up with some bizarre and very specific definitions for it, but "unrequited" I think accurately reflects what most people mean by it. It's not necessarily sinister, or sexist, or solely about sex. I'm pretty doubtful there's even a consistent use, but everyone (except the amazingly lucky) is…

Since when did it become some kind of contest about which gender does it more? Do you get a prize for coming in under? Free texts for life?

But most of these examples don't mention wheter sex was involved or not. And that certainly hasn't been my experience, plus, I've seen plenty of posts here from women saying they DID NOT have chemistry in bed, so they didn't want to see the guy any more. So everything that I've seen, suggests at the very least that…

It's one of those: "I really hope that I'm wrong here" type of assumptions!

I think the general assumption is when women do the same thing, which probably happens just as consistently, it's the guy's fault anyway.

If Ernst really does care about this issue, and given her experience, I think her interest certainly is genuine, then good for her. She's a nut on every other issue, but it may well be she's in a better place on this issue than some Democrats, and she's willing to call out her party on it. That said, what she's stated…

She hasn't really taken a stance on the issue. She's said she plans to water down Sen. Gillibrand's approach. And if she gets in, and the GOP takes over the Senate, what are the prospects for anything being done? Zero.

Pointing out double standards isn't being obtuse, I think it's part of being a decent person. And while online dating doesn't exist in a vacuum...that's exactly why it helps to actually read people's profiles to get a better sense of what they're about. That's the context of the discussion. If I assumed that a white…

You don't even need to know the amendments. You just need to know the pricniple exists. Auhtorities ENFORCE the law. They aren't above the law. They cannot become judge and executioner. And certainly not because they distrust people of a paricular race and gender.

The new police presence absolutely positively SHOULD be praised. Not because they are just doing their jobs, but because they can show, like night and day, that there is a proper way to handle the situation in immediate contrast to an absolutely applaling way to handle the situation. So when, inevitably,…