He was not facing harassment, rape, assault, lower pay, missed promotions, intellectual dismissal, crude sexual jokes, or any of the other things women encounter in male dominated spaces. You have freely admitted this. So apparently what you want is for me to say that yes, his discomfort at potentially awkward class…

He was not facing harassment, rape, assault, lower pay, missed promotions, intellectual dismissal, crude sexual jokes, or any of the other things women encounter in male dominated spaces. You have freely admitted this. So apparently what you want is for me to say that yes, his discomfort at potentially awkward class…

The difference in reaction to a man's discomfort is because HIS DISCOMFORT IS MINIMAL AND SUPERFICIAL. Of course commenters on a feminist website feel more sympathy for a woman's discomfort in male spaces. That discomfort springs from actual, real threats to her physical, emotional, and fiscal safety. You acknowledge…

Show us an example of when a woman was supported in seeking human rights redress after expressing her discomfort with a classroom dominated by men, by sheer account of there being men. Not their behaviour, not their attitude. Their gender alone. Show us a woman who did what this fuckhead did and got away with it.

Are…

I am so stealing cocknugget, even though it kinda makes me heave ;)

"I'm going to say ridiculously offensive things and suggest that we punish women for exercising their legal rights, but don't be mean to me. I am clearly trying to have a serious conversation. About punishing women for exercising their legal rights."

Let the hate fest begin!

Show us an example of this happening.

Show us an example of this happening.

The difference is that a predominately male work or learning environment is objectively a relatively powerless place for women. Women are kept from these places due to institutionalised sexism, and when they squeeze their way in, they're paid less, sexually harassed more, and tend to be taken less seriously because…

Maybe that's because you're a straight female, and therefore you don't know shit about how this affects queer women unless you go out of your way to find out. Which you won't, because your privileged straight ass thinks your life experience is the default. Yawn.

The "split" is really unnecessary. There will be people who can materially benefit from these procedures, so the procedure is not the problem. How people arrive at the decision to have the procedure is the problem. This woman did not arrive at her decision to have gastric bypass in a healthy way. At the end of the day…

"2. The physical/medical pains and problems associated with being overweight/obese are at least as serious or more serious and important than psychic problems from fat"

Guess what, sport. That's not for you to decide, and unless you are or have been overweight, you haven't a single toe to stand on. If you are speaking…

Basically this is the thin version of "love the sinner, hate the sin". We don't hate you for being fat, we just hate your fat and think you should feel bad about your fat until you stop being fat.

We get it, you want a cookie for not being fat. Congrats, you are a Very Accomplished Person.

Approaching human relationships through evolutionary biology explains your dating troubles.

AMAZING user name :)

In sociological terms, a group without the power to enforce its prejudice isn't racist. Racism=power. Prejudice= holding negative stereotypes about particular groups. Anyone can be prejudice, but my white ass isn't exactly threatened by black people who hate me.

In sociological terms, a group without the power to enforce its prejudice isn't racist. Racism=power. Prejudice= holding negative stereotypes about particular groups. Anyone can be prejudice, but my white ass isn't exactly threatened by black people who hate me.

Sociologist here. You speak nonsense.

While I'm open to discussions of phrasing, there's political significance to using the word "feminism". Of course feminism involves, at the very minimum, acting like a decent person, but feminism is also primarily concerned with women's issues. Calling it feminism is an acknowledgement that women's issues have been…

You..you do realize that Obama has overseen the most extensive crackdown on medical marijuana states since medical marijuana became a thing, right? A vote for Obama is not a vote for weed. He wouldn't take a single question the subject, either ignored them or laughed them off. No one who's seriously pro-marijuana…