You guys, I just told my dude that this was happening, and he was all like “I’ve never actually seen Grease.”

I just picked up one of her books at a free book exchange (shout out to Baltimore Book Thing!).

Ding!

There may have been a time where you looked back and said, “I probably shouldn’t have done that.” Does that make you a ho? No, it makes you a human.

If we want more diversity in movies and tv, the writers should be writing those characters into their work,

I have not stopped laughing over this Rob/Blac Chyna thing and I NEVER WILL.

Yes, let’s please make this about you and how it hurts your feelings when women are understandably afraid of men.

Well....that escalated quickly. Not so sure you’re actually “one of the good ones” if you can go from “my feelings are hurt” to “fuck you she was crazy” in .02 seconds, honestly.

You know, in an article that is literally about a woman being shot dead by a stranger for nothing more than declining his unwanted sexual attentions, complaining about how you don’t like it when someone gives you dirty looks might be a little insensitive.

So take a different route to the hotel or take the next elevator. As you can see, she’s afraid for a very good reason (you are commenting on an article about a man who murdered a woman in vengeance hours after she rejected his advances at a bar!).

This is going to come off extremely aggressive and I genuinely do not mean it to be but you have to understand: Your intentions do not matter in that situation, her terror is a learned an valid response as it was not about who you were or what your intentions actually were, it was about what they could potentially be.

I get that you don’t like feelig as if women are afraid of you—that’s good, even! But with all due respect, I’d have been keeping half an eye on you as well. Yes, living in fear is pointless and bad, etc., but situational awareness is an important key to keeping yourself out of the “abducted, raped, and/or stored in…

I understand your point. The problem is what this fear has done to our entire culture. Here’s why the not all men counterargument falls apart:

Okay, this made me laugh my ass off. Thank you. I needed that.

And then, as I was about to tell them directly that I was not interested, one of them TOOK MY NOTEBOOK AND PEN OUT OF MY HANDS and said, “Why would you want to spend time in a fantasy world when you could spend it in reality with us?”

Stories like this are what make me so mad when my father complains that “you can’t even compliment a woman now without her crying sexual harassment.”

Yep. This.

This is what enrages me. The only seemingly acceptable answer to the assholes that do this is a response that is along the lines of “I’m sorry, I’m seeing someone.” It’s like if no other man has staked his claim, pissed on your leg, or somehow indicated that you’re his property, then you MUST be open and accepting of…

My ex once called me after getting out of an elevator, he was upset that the woman inside of it had hugged the wall the entire time and had rushed out when it reached her floor. He couldn’t understand why, because all he had said was "Hello" It took a long time for it to get through to him that it didn't matter that…

I just want to remind everyone that even if you have not experienced violence or harassment due to rejecting unwanted advances you absolutely know someone who has, this is as horrifying as it is common.