Is that really an assumption? Because that seems like bullshit to me. A boy acts up and it must be his father's fault, and his mother must be blameless?

Well done Alanah. They are indeed little shits.

I'm not sure if that's rape culture, or just culture in general. The idea that men can't be raped by a woman, or can never really say no to sex, is pretty pervaisive.

My thinking exactly. There's nothing wrong with people having fantasies or hobbies, but I do think there's something wrong if that involves planning out an important part of some yet-to-be-known person's life.

Because there are no male-dominated hobbies that society has deemed frivolous? Really?

I never did fantasy sports until recently, when a female friend of mine startyed the league...

I don't really care much for sports, so it's hilarious to me that this critique essentially boils down to, "men like sports, gee isn't that stupid, why aren't we talking about h0ow stupid that is???"

How funny, you're blaming guys for everything and yet you tell me to get off my high horse and stop feeling sorry for myself. I would suggest you take your own advice.

Thanks, but I don't know how you arrive at that 95% figure, or an "almost guaranteed" reply. I don't need algorithims to filter anything. I can read a woman's profile, and determine whether I match whatever criteria she sets out. And then I can send her a decent message, which goes into a black hole.

Well that seems to me to balance things out a bit then. Guys are wasting their time going through thousands of profiles and sending messages as they see fit, getting little to nothing in return. By expanding the number of people they send messages to, they increase the chance that their efforts may actually yield…

You commented about unattractive personal traits. I replied to you with another comment about unattractive personal traits, which by the way, was based on the very comment that started the thread that you're participating in.

Oh, my reading comprehension is just fine thanks.

Agree with everything you said here. But in terms those guys that contact every woman out there, I honestly can't really blame them. As long as they aren't being jerks when they do it, they are simply trying to leverage the system as best they can. Why fault them for that?

Another is claiming that there are no good men out there, and everything wrong with dating is guys' fault. You think that's somehow endearing?

That goes both ways of course. I'm willing to admit that, and actually see both sides. Can you?

So women have too many options because so many guys are contacting them, while guys have too few because for every 10 messages they send they're looking to get one response, and there's no guarantee that reponse won't be horrible.

You nailed it right there.

Trying to do away with creepy messages from guys is definltely a goal worth pursuing. No one should be subjected to solicitations for sex, or worse, or dick pics out of the blue.

I like how you've given the same message to all of those bitter women complaing about men.

That's where the racism, even subconscious racism, comes into play. Brown was black, so he wasn't really a full citizen, so this isn't really a tragedy. There is no empathy for Brown (obviously no saint), or his family (clearly deserving), or the broader black community who has had to deal with this same old story…