I often wonder where we would be if after the civil war (or the Jim Crow era, for that matter) we’d taken the same approach Germany did after WWII and treated white-on-black racism like an infestation that needed to be eradicated, instead of an unfortunate but inevitable reality. Or if we had banned the symbols of the…

Charles Cotton victim blamed as well. He’s an NRA board member.

And people are still blaming what happened to those innocent people on mental illness. White people must be humanized at all costs. Notice that when the police found him, they gave him a vest and didn’t handcuff him. The life of a white man who kills black people has value but the life of a black child who holds a…

Breasts are secondary sex characteristics, penises are not.

Wearing a sleeveless top or dress or wearing shorts when the weather is warm is not the same thing as capitulating to the fashion industry selling us sex. Not everything is about men’s boners. Forcing modesty on girls doesn’t empower them. But you’re right that it protects boys. Not from girl’s slutty vixeny ways…

So, it is your contention that high school aged boys are unable to learn in the presence of exposed female stomachs?

What complete and utter bollocks. Forcing women to adhere to someone ELSE’S arbitrary view of what “modesty” is does not empower women. Kowtowing to some random patriarchal checklist only serves to reinforce the notion that women must be controlled, contained, covered, all at the discretion of men.

Modesty is a loaded word. Who determines what is modest and immodest? Why is it our job to protect boys? Why do boys need to be protected? I’m stuck on that question. What exactly are the boys being protected from? The irresistible allure of female flesh? Women must be modest so that men are not tempted? WHAT ARE WE…

No, but they are allowed to wear sweatpants and basketballs shorts that do ZERO to hide their boners. Being a lesbian, I was horrified and thoroughly grossed out.

You dudes are so fucking creepy. If you can’t “learn” because one girl in your class is showing the same amount of skin as all the boys in your class, you should seek therapy and be home schooled (unless you have sisters. Then just live in a van).

Please, stop talking.

It never makes sense. It’s like school administrators have never been shopping. I remember when I was in high school and they made rules about shorts length, but they literally did not sell longer-than-mini-shorts at the time. It was the in thing, and that’s all anybody had out. So most girls just opted to wear jeans,…

HMMMMM...cool thought. I never thought about “protecting” boys or dressing more “neutral” before. Freedom of expression means I dress how I want, not taking into account how that might distract/attract others.

Also appropriate for shorts:

In summary: girls must change how they dress to avoid falling victim to the male gaze.

i used to go to a club that had free well drinks on sundays (for everyone, not just ladies night or anything) from 7-11. so you know the bartenders got almost nothing on the free drinks. i always tipped at least a dollar per drink, more if i had gotten overtime on my last paycheck. and my friends didn’t get it, never…

This story is a black hole of What Is Going On?

“She used to tell us that teachers treated her differently than other people and a lot of them acted like they didn’t want her there....”

No, it’s not okay! Your parents are terrible. There are large trash cans outside the entrance, pick up your trash and put it in there on your way out. Don’t make some teenager’s life worse just because no one is standing there to stop you, please.

I was assaulted by a movie goer who felt she shouldn’t have to wait in line behind the 300 people who arrived before her, so she trampled me to get into a theater that wasn’t prepped yet. Thankfully, she also obstinately plopped her ass into the seat of her choice and refused to move. That made it easy for us to get…