Damon, thank you. This man’s passing and the outpouring of so-called grief has been a bleak reminder of how patriarchy works, and how men (and some choice women) will defend the bad behavior of their fellow men because in a patriarchal society, all men are simply unfulfilled potential. Nevermind the really awful shit…

If you’re not sure if your flirting attempts are welcome or not, it’s a very good idea to not flirt at work. Kudos to you for taking active steps to avoid harassing your co-workers.

That’s not true, you could make a man uncomfortable

When did we start living in an episode of Grey’s Anatomy? Pick up chicks at a bar, not during a teleconference!

I have NEVER in my life wanted to reach through a monitor and punch a bitch in the face as badly as when reading this DRECK. What a clueless, privileged IDIOT.

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“In private it’s a different story. “Grow up, this is real life,” I hear these same feminist friends say. “What ever happened to flirting?” and “What about the women who are the predators?”

They have routinely said, “I’m not interested” or “Get your hands off me right now.” And they’ve taken the risk that comes with it.

As a dude, I never realized how guarded women were until I got married. Once I started walking around with my wedding band on, suddenly so many women were being so NICE to me....or at the time, I thought they were FLIRTING with me. Took me a little bit to realize that they were simply no longer fearful of being hit on…

I feel like the “what if a man did it?” test is one of the easier ones for straight guys to understand. Is it ok if another dude kisses you in affection, however inappropriate? Of course not, so why do you think it’s ok for a man to do it to a woman?

It’s insane that she straight-up acknowledges that there’s a risk in these situations, but still seems unable to grasp why women are upset. No one should have to take any type of risk just to turn someone down. FFS!

So if someone stabs you and you call the cops, you are perpetuating a culture of victimhood and asking someone else to solve your problems?

“Due process.” Wow. It’s interesting how people, again and again, demand that women not tell their stories unless they are somehow able to back it up with courtroom-ready-evidence, despite the hiring and firing of men not being determined by a court of law. If I didn’t know better I’d say it’s almost like people want…

she conjures up witch hunts, inquisitions, and sex panic

It’s amazing how the Cool Girl thing, like using your personal chops to relieve yourself of sexual harassment, only works really well if you have lots of money. It reminds me of the Tease/Whore dichotomy that teen girls are subject to that was discussed earlier this year. Turns out that you can’t win under this…

I find it especially curious given that a majority of women I know have been in situations in which men have come on to them — at work or otherwise. They have routinely said, “I’m not interested” or “Get your hands off me right now.” And they’ve taken the risk that comes with it.

It is all part of the victim blaming. This is just like women saying “well it never happened to me so it must be something you wear/project/do”.

For a woman who claims to be worried about the men in all this so much she doesn’t half ignore the fact a lot of men talked about their experiences as part of #MeToo.

To acknowledge abuse is not a demand for more paternal protection but rather to expose the flaws in our institutional architecture; to point out that their foundations were laid for the protection powerful, purposefully rendering other vulnerable.

It’s basically the typical Cool Girl™ perspective dusted off and recycled for Me Too.