Nah, this is a problem, and it's definitely something men and women should work together on, since a lot of the pressure men feel certainly comes from women (and the media, and our weird culture, and advertising, and men and women probably reinforce this stress in each other a bit...). That said, I have no good…

BLAG. No, really, awesome article.

I naively thought that the gluten free trend just meant more options for people who need it due to basic Econ 101 supply/demand principles (which are in and of themselves overly simplistic). Elissa's article points out how obviously privilaged my position is because I don't have to think about how careful or serious…

Why didn't New York Magazine interview you instead??

I know they do! But articles that want to take themselves seriously would go "This recent study found that dating older men was better because blah blah. The best age, they found, was about four years, or 52 months..." They'd frame it more before coming out with the specifics. Or maybe they wouldn't and I'm giving…

Okay, I think we can agree on this one. Cheers!

Thanks for sharing your awesome story.

While I agree with you, I would like to see building owners, architects, designers, planners, and whoever else gets to contribute to these decisions just make more/all of the stalls accessible, since there is such a wide range of situations causing a person to need this kind of stall. Especially at the airport. In…

"Exactly 52 months" was the giveaway for me. A serious article would talk about "about four years" but give all the same kind of bullshit reasons.

Yeah, it *really* shouldn't matter, but I've definitely gotten the "older woman" joke from people. Over a mere 10 months. It's truly sad how much our culture acts like Tracy's satirical essay.

Precisely! Life experience is what really matters. 10 months is trivial, but I have definitely gotten the "older woman" comment from people over it. And since we're both in our 20's still, I do notice that we're closer in life experience "age" than people who graduated from college even a year or two before or…

Okay, people. I got the joke. Really, I did. I thought it was appropriate to respond to satire with sarcasm followed by some real life musings, but apparently not, because now everybody on Jezebel thinks I'm a dolt.

I got the fucking joke. I was responding to tongue in cheek with further sarcasm.

Well, I guess it's time to tell my boyfriend (10 months younger than I am) that we have no future together. And here I thought things were going so well, Tracy, you're so right. I definitely need a man who could have taught me to make a bong out of an apple and a bic pen back when I was in high school. That is the…

He didn't want to ruin the magic for the gullible among us (oh, hi).

Numero, here's all I heard in your apology letter:

Okay, everyone, calm down. I am not advocating for men to lie about their height, or saying that every man does, or that they should even feel like they have to, or that all women expect men to. But for better or worse, it is a current trend. http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/the-biggest-lies-in-online-dating/

At some point, I think men almost *have* to lie about their height because we all know that most men add a few inches, so we mentally subtract a few from their profile. If you see someone who says they're 5'9", you would probably expect them to be 5'6"-5'8".

Yeah, we absolutely should get rid of that standard. I was trying to think of a relatable example, not advocate for the continued expectation that breasts are a prerequisite for womanhood.