Being old and female, I do know the answer to that question. Parents who don't understand that what they're not being told is more important than what they are being told, and parents of rapey boys, will send their kids to colleges with zero reported rapes. The most expedient way to combat this is in your last…

Both worked for me.

Wait, that analogy doesn't really fly given real research: http://www.retailresearch.org/downloads/PDF/…

Oops. Doin' one of 'em wrong? Let's hope you're just smokin' oregano.

doit2julia! has a point, though. I mean, how often does THAT happen?

Ah. Gotcha. You should try being politer to both of us. Maybe all of us. Telling someone to go f themselves? That's just rude. Sure, I know; happens all the time. But only when mean people decide it's okay to do it. Just calling you out on something you should probably have been called out on long ago. If anyone would…

Methinks thou dost assume too much.

No, really, I'd like to know why you think I'm 22 years old and not white. I'm dying to know.

No, tbh I didn't even think about it. But I DID get that much smug self-satisfaction after reading your response. Really, I was trying to inject some casual, light-hearted camaraderie into our exchange. Thanks for correcting me on my intentions, though.

Wait, aren't you blowing this whole section up? Trying to suck all the fun and justified indignation out? Which, btw, you can't do because you're giving us things about which to giggle ;) It's cool, sweetie, we get it.

"Just as if they were doing coverage of the women's world cup, you wouldn't expect them to have to clarify that the statistics they were citing were for the USWNT or players."

I was born in '65, and I'm white as the driven snow. Go home, Snowspot, you're drunk.

Meow.

Okie dokie, who were you telling? Because we all know all of this. We're simply disputing its value as a reason for the status quo. Pro tip: we always already know all of whatever it is you think we don't yet know.

Hmm. You're here.

He decoded the letters to make words—obviously didn't understand a bit of the thing.

You're incorrect about what the author is saying. And none of that stat nonsense matters.

Ah, but they will. They will give a humongous sh!t, and blow up the comment sections of stories like this.

It's not, though. You're simply whining about it because it makes you uncomfortable. It's okay to feel uncomfortable sometimes. But it's not okay to try to make others uncomfortable because you feel so alone in your discomfort. It's legal, however, so let your freak flag fly.

Oh really? "Being a soccer fan in this country is being aware that our women [are] much more accomplished than our men"? That's only for people who've been paying attention, I'm afraid. And that's not exactly a majority. But it was a nice sentiment.