Then why not say "Dress slacks or skirts longer than finger tip length. Shoulders must be covered"?

Then why not say "Dress slacks or skirts longer than finger tip length. Shoulders must be covered"?

I mean, I kind of get that, there are a lot more options for girl's dressy clothes than boys. The part that gets me is all the unnecessary opining about it. "Think modesty; don't draw attention to your body; show you are a lady; etc."

My husband's big one:

My FIL used to work at Merrill Lynch, and his name is a variation of one of those.

This is the story of my life. I'm from a very working class background. Our housing was stable, we used the food bank on several occasions, but anything fancy (vacations, clothes other than absolutely necessary) was out of the question.

And I always get drawn in, I'm such a sucker. But yeah, I can't decide what their deal is.

I think you accidentally replied to SugarHill rather than Karyn, the author of the article. Karyn was the one who used the term "hysteria" in a flippant way. SugarHill was the one who explicitly pointed out that hysteria=/= hypochondria in their original comment.

Just an FYI: I went around with this commenter for a long time last week. They seem to willfully misinterpret things and then fight to the death about it.

for a frame of reference the human race has existed for about 2000

I'm not sure how old you are, but think of yourself at these ages...

Kids in the early 80s were not on computers as toddlers

6. Make sure my nails are done.

1. Math is not subjective. It's hard to fuck up grading math.

Because mitochondria are involved in energy production, many mitochondrial diseases tend to be fatal in infancy. This type of procedure isn't really homogenizing the population (the mitochondrial DNA wouldn't come from one woman with perfect mitochondrial DNA).

Yep, "I'd rather you be locked away, or just a 'crazy street person' than acknowledge that you are an actual human."

The Yellow Wallpaper was the first thing that sprung to my mind!

Sullivan claimed, too that "Society did fine" before mental illness was widely understood

YES to the not withholding birth control. I didn't make my appointment in time this year and had to call and beg for an extension.

So, what do you do at work? Can you manage to sit like is expected of most people in professional settings, or do you spread your legs open wide? What about at weddings or funerals? What about at a nice restaurant? If you can manage to keep your legs reasonable for those occasions, then you can do it on public…