I agree with you on all accounts as far as bodyshaming, but I thnk its also important to remember that while it may hurt thin women to be told these things and they in no way deserve it and we need to work to eradicate this behavior, when it comes from heavy women it is usually coming from a place of reaction and…

Child, please. This whole thing is just stupid. That's a phrase women use to combat the onslaught of images and rhetoric employed to shame women with the, "OoOOooh, you have to lose weiiiiightttt!!" which is fucking everywhere and incredibly damaging. Real women isn't some elite club, it's women's way of saying, "Nah,…

Studies show that "skinny" women will outearn their "normal" and "obese" counterparts by tens of thousands of dollars.

Meh, I've worked in the fashion industry. I hardly think the using the phrase "real women" when asking for more body diversity or bodies more representative of typical women, is body shaming.

I wouldn't say it's just as bad, as a thin woman, but I'd just say it's bad. To say it's just as bad would be to discount how many times I've heard or seen my best friend cry over thinking she's not good enough because some asshole made fun of her. She called me after some dude at a bar negged her to try and get her…

"But as someone who is naturally very thin (with very visible ribs and spine), being told you are "too thin" is just as bad as being told you are "too fat". "

In the US, average means exactly what it means. For women: Average size (14), average weight (140-170), average height (5'4''- 5'5'').

When people use the phrase "real women" they are referring to average women who most definitely don't look like models in either looks, dress size, or body shape.

I completely agree with you that there is a contradiction in the two laws. But, I do think there are reasons for the contradiction that make it not quite so black and white as the law trying to "have it both ways" on the issue of consent or agency of teens.

You sound like you don't have the slightest idea how a a teen thinks.

Usually I would read your comment and roll my eyes, because it's purposefully inflammatory and I know you are just looking to get folks ire up. As someone who teaches middle school and is charged with keeping my students safe, I look at your comment with side-eye. It doesn't really sound like you know much about…

You don't understand the difference between development and change. Your legs change throughout your life too, but we don't say that your legs never stop developing. Development is "to cause to progress from an embryonic to an adult form." The brain doesn't full develop into its adult form until age 25. That's a…

Well, your argument works really only on the basis that it's true that "this argument is thrown out the window". I for one do not think 14 year olds should be tried as adults and the fact that it is allowed in very specific circumstances does not necessarily mean that it should be. In many ways, children being tried…

I suggest you look at the work of Dr. Ronald E Dahl (Berkeley), who, among others, has done extensive work in adolescent brain development. Oh, and get your head out of your ass, while you're at it.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't think a 14 year old should go to jail for killing someone.

A 14 year old having an underdeveloped brain is not "pseudo-scientific" fact. It is a fact PERIOD. There's a reason why we have consent laws in the first place: to protect children. The adult in this situation, who's brain IS fully developed and knows very well about the difference between right and wrong should have…

You are oversimplifying things in a way that is distorting what happened here. Can I ask why you ignore the fact that she was a student in your "independent actor" analysis? 14 year olds are required by law to go to school. First, being in this environment in and of itself is not a choice of this girl and that is…

Eww. Just eww. As a JHS teacher, allow me to be very clear: if a student shows any kind of inappropriate interest (and sometimes they do), YOU BE THE ADULT. You tell them it is not appropriate. You arrange for the two of you to never be alone in the same space. You let your department head/supervisor/administrators…

I'm of the opinion that some people just aren't for marriage. They don't want it. They're conditioned to believe they want it and then waste tons of time, effort, and energy only to realize that they're profoundly unhappy.