5 weeks paid leave is well outside the norm for the US - -whether fathers or mothers. My husband gets 8 weeks paid leave (flexible as to when taken) for birth of a child. I, who will birth the child, get zero. I do get disability insurance payments for a period of time (6 or 8 weeks, depending on whether I have a…

Counterpoint: I look good in maxi dresses (I am average height, average busty), they put my giant platform espadrilles to great use and display, and they are the easiest to wear dress.

But the important question is who are the 12%? Most Americans don’t vote, and politicians, particularly on the national stage, are most likely acting based on numbers/research of potential voters. Low turnout means that what the population as a whole thinks doesn’t mean much to a politician in need of votes.

“effectively outlaw abortions after the sixth week of pregnancy”

Somehow I am 48 (addition of 12 years) while my grey-bearded husband comes in a tad younger at 47 (addition of 10 years). We are also both men. This website has some explaining to do.

I hope that this guy, someone like this becomes the voice of the anti-abortion crowd. As it becomes increasingly more radical, it shows that it’s increasingly less supported, more fringe. Sure, the rhetoric might be worse, but radicalism draws fewer votes and less support. There will continue to be security risks for…

I can understand being frustrated and fed up by drunk and disorderly people. However, aren’t officer trained in proportionate response? Police officers aren’t tasked with exacting justice (or retribution) their job is to maintain order and put under arrest those who are reasonably believed to have committed crimes so…

Maybe I’m completely insensitive (I don’t think I am), but I think there’s a lot of conflation here from guys being naked in a public place to the trauma of sexual assault. Even if the event might be unavoidable for some (workers in that building for example), you know it’s coming, you know what it is, and unless…

So, work harder to get the same pay? That’s what her statements say to me. That’s not how a market economy is supposed to work. Work has value, you get paid that value. Why should women have to work harder - be extraordinary - to get the same value of someone (with a penis) who is decidedly ordinary?

I mean, if you leave your keys in your car, and it’s stolen, you get prosecuted as an accessory to grand larceny. Or if you have a wallet with you while on the subway and you’re pick pocketed - accessory to robbery. This is the same thing.

You can practice your religion as much as you like until it inhibits someone else’s ability to live their life in a law abiding manner. Period. It’s a simple, simple concept and one that, ahem, the Founders believed in. (Of course, that was fine by them because everyone practiced the SAME religion, pretty much, and…

Dammit. I am totally pregnant and missed free cone day. Now it’s doubly devastating.

I am a JCrew devotee, have adequate disposable income to over-stuff my closet, and in the past year to year and a half, have added to that closet with (what should be) pricier brands that have better quality - Vince, DVF, Joie, Equipment. I don’t want my JCrew at those prices. I want my JCrew for basics. And for go-to…

If it’s insecurity at some level — which instinctively seems like an easy answer — why not men too? Or, is it that disordered eating in men and women generally has different root causes that might help explain the difference? (Or, maybe the difference is just standard sexism applied to a subgroup of the population).

I am glad that the verdict tracks what my understanding is of the case. I’m a Masshole and Boston Marathon runner (who is thankful often for her 2013 injury that prevented participation in that particular race). However, I’ve never personally had a case that hit home my opposition to the death penalty like this one.…

Congrats and good luck! The testing is stressful (I’m AMA so I had all of it), but thinking positive thoughts for you.

As a now pregnant person (who admittedly was 100% for living, sentient humans getting to make their own medical decisions without government involvement before being a pregnant person), I struggle even more with women who have been pregnant and men who have lived with pregnant women who don’t then realize the…

Times I’ve been called/referred as “lady lawyer”, directly while on a phone call in almost 10 years as a lawyer: 7. SEVEN FUCKING TIMES. By seven different people. And, there is never a good use of “lady lawyer.”

I work in sports. While it’s a male world and it has its elements of hard and soft sexism, overall, I think my particular place of business tried hard within what it is and is open to being called out, which is at least a start. However, back when I was dating, I was purposefully vague about what I did for a living.…

The only context where that sentence is OK is in a discussion about the fact that deep dish is not, in fact, pizza and that those who eat deep dish are denying themselves (most likely) the time and hunger (which does assume there is a limited time/hunger available for pizza-type-food enjoyment) to actually enjoy REAL…