I never was personally aware of a student at my all-girls Catholic HS getting pregnant (definitely doesn't mean it didn't happen though!), but the official policy didn't force pregnant students to leave.

Taking away our rights to reproductive health care, including rights to abortion and contraception, would have a much, much larger impact on our financial wellbeing than raising taxes. HUGE impact. It would be highly illogical for me to rank taxes over abortion rights when I consider candidates. Foolish, in fact. …

Hah. I have a similar but kind of opposite story. Catholic school is what finally set me free from that bs.

You're right, it's NOT acceptable. But when you can't even get half the country to agree that some small level of preventative care is a basic human right... It's sick.

I know, right? When are those lazy, layabout families paying for their own coverage going to pull themselves by their bootstraps and get themselves some insura... oh. wait.

And yet the Bible doesn't ban marriages where one partner is infertile or too old to have children... interesting.

You know, Rooo's attitude was fine, and you really undermine your claim to just want to understand the situation by whining about how mean she was. Tone policing is a really common derailing tactic. http://youarenotyou.tumblr.com/post/23832149682/this-is-a-post-about-tone-policing

Okay, whipped cream finger guy sounds every bit as creepy and revolting as your #1 guy. I would not have felt comfortable being strongly assertive in that situation; what if you did tell him he was being a creeper and then report him? Maybe it would have been fine and staff would have dealt with it, or maybe he…

This is really frustrating. Not you personally - thanks for sharing your perspective. But the futility of this cycle!

Here's my advice, as a socially awkward person who overthinks *everything* and spends too much effort trying to avoid being hit on and prevent myself from accidentally sending similar vibes. So much depends on context. I think mentioning a partner can be an effective way to diffuse concerns over your intentions, but…

I'm pretty sure that in some states, noncompete clauses are not legally enforceable. Still crap, though.

What I want to know is, did they stratify their sample by industry? Because causation is an extremely high bar to meet. If we wait around for granger causality tests on everything, we'll just twiddle our thumbs not believing anything.

Thanks for your incredible work in reproductive health!

Wow, I'm jealous. Must find a way to talk about mega-brothels soon...

Can they make victory hugs an olympic event?

Totally a thing. Happens to me all the time too, but tonight apparently I was able to string some words together. We all have to take turns responding to the call of duty:

If you try it out, let me know what you think! I didn't get a chance to test it out when I was last visiting DC. Maybe this spring...

Actually, if you try listening to feminists, most of them are either not okay with the draft in general or not okay with the fact that it targets men. It's called the Patriarchy, and it hurts everyone.

Thank you. It seems that a lot of people need this reminder.

Concern troll alert. The vast majority of ALL people regardless of apparent weight are not olympians or even serious athletes, and your pathetic attempt to single out fat as a predictor of an individual's health or fitness is pathetically naive. You add nothing of value to the conversation; you only seek to classify…