It's really disappointing that your shallow analysis of patriarchy leads you to foolishly believe religion itself is the source of women's oppression. Fuck off.

Three percent of rapists ever see the inside of a jail cell. The number of "unfounded" rape allegations in the US is somewhere between two and eight percent. That means at least 92% of all allegations are true, so no, people do not frequently lie about being sexually assaulted. If you're relying on the legal system to…

It seems you're unfamiliar with how things go down when a victim reports her rape to the police.

Certainly, and if Gawker's criticism of homophobia in Africa has been imperialist or colonialist in any way, they should be taken to task. But Gawker covers homophobia all over the world. African countries haven't received some sort of special spotlight here.

Really? I remember equally scathing coverage of Russia's persecution of gays, Arizona's psychotic homophobia, and every last American politician to run his/her idiotic mouth about gay people. Not to mention coverage of the white evangelicals stoking anti-gay crackdowns in African countries.

Policing's contempt for women is endemic. We are disposable. Here in the UK, undercovers infiltrating peaceful protest groups have been carrying on long term, sexual relationships with women activists—none of whom have been accused of any crime whatsoever—for decades. At least two of them have had children with…

I certainly never suggested that equality was *the* defining aspect of feminism, or that anything can be feminist if you call it feminist. I am actually offering the most general, basic definition of feminism I can possibly imagine, which is that all versions of feminism have in common an acknowledgement that women…

Well yes, of course it includes a lot more than that, but there isn't a form of feminism that doesn't accept the fact that women are oppressed. If you don't accept that basic fact, you're not a feminist or womanist of any sort. I'm not sure what being "anti-woman" would entail, other than an outright hatred of women,…

...Feminism is inherently an acceptance that women are oppressed. There are many feminisms, but none of them would disagree that women are oppressed. This isn't my decision, that is the very basis of having a woman-centered social justice movement. Otherwise it wouldn't exist, would it? What the hell would women be…

Considering that feminism is an acknowledgement of the sociopolitical reality of being a woman—that we are disproportionately subject to violence, poverty, abuse, economic inequality, widespread policing of our bodies and sexuality, and other phenomena that actually benefit men in many ways through our subjugation—I'm…

For sure, and well done. You certainly don't need my help, I just can't fucking stand that shit, or websites that allow it. But it looks like we did get some moderation so ten points, Jez.

Protips for sociopaths: mocking and abusing people on the autistic spectrum and telling them to take their meds isn't socially acceptable behaviour. Go practice in front of a mirror now.

I'm neurotypical, you walking shitpile. I'm just a minimally decent human being. You're entitled to politeness while you gleefully mock people with autism spectrum disorders? You think that's acceptable human behaviour? Cut off your reproductive organs and spare us any more creatures like yourself.

Can we get some motherfucking moderation in here? I realise Gawker media rarely enforces its own damn rules but you would think abusing someone over their neurological status and mocking them as crazy would get someone's attention. What a fucking douchemonkey.

I am so fucking sorry you've got this abusive piece of shit getting his jollies by mocking you. I can't even fathom what must be wrong with him, truly can't. This thread is all anyone needs to know about how neurodiverse people are treated. Thanks for sharing your perspective, even if all the poor oppressed…

You are such an unbelievable piece of filth. I hope to hell you never reproduce, much less have a child with developmental disabilities. Clearly this is what they would have to look forward to. You are fucking revolting.

"I also think that to some extent, what we tend to do is almost make an excuse - "he can't help it, his religion is silly" and things like this. I think it's easy to just be dismissive, which can end up minimalising it as "just what they believe". I think it's important to say "this is hateful, regardless of your…

It may have taken you some years to get to where you are, but there's a hell of a lot of men who don't change, their misogyny just changes as they find new ways to hate women. People fuck up, people are bigoted, people are the result of their social conditioning. What makes a good person good is at some point they…

It's not a fucking "zone". It's friendship. Men who turn a normal social relationship like friendship into a punishment or some sort of sexless purgatory are entitled fuckwits. I'm a lesbian, I've wanted to date a fair few women who did not reciprocate but who liked me enough to hang out with me anyway. Never did it…

This may not sound like much coming from a lesbian, but I just wanted to let you know that you very much are—or at least wellllll on your way to becoming— a genuinely good person, and specifically a good guy. You are compassionate, empathetic, and introspective enough to want to be a better person. You easily could…