Whoops. Fully admitting I just went along with the myth in this case. Thanks for the insight!

Yeah, I don't think it's a systemic problem at all. I just think men can sometimes be stereotyped as the bad guy. Then again, so can women. And the hospital was in the Bible Belt. Super traditional. I imagine that was part of it.

I saw this hashtag get a lot of flack from people, but I'm not even a straight male and felt pretty stereotyped during the #YesAllWomen thing even though I think it's a super powerful discussion that I totally agree with. I'm not sure why I felt attacked. I guess it also seems a little silly to reward and praise men…

Agreed. I'm not in anyway defending the patriarchy. I think you agree that bad is bad no matter where it comes from.

I'm definitely not trying to say that men are oppressed and women aren't. I'm not even saying I'd say I'm a MRA. I would say I'm a feminist. Saying "The reason males can't carry the baby is because of kidnapping and crime reasons, the hospital has reasons for its procedures. The reason mothers get more custody,…

Agreed!

I think MRAs get kind of the same rep as feminists do sometimes in the sense that people think it's something it's not. I'm a gay man, so it's not like I am super involved, but some things I see do bother me. A hospital I worked at refused to let the father carry a baby when leaving the maternity ward EVEN THOUGH he…

Yuck. Yuck. Yuck. But, I gotta ask, does anyone else think these guys might have started out as victims of society's beauty standards? Seems to be a lot of envy directed at guys who they think are more attractive. I mean, PLEASE do not think I'm defending the super gross things they are saying, but it's really sad how…

Eh, it's one thing to make fun of someone for how they look. It's another to point out that someone has MADE THEMSELVES look ridiculous. I've seen posts on Jez talking about wardrobe choices. I don't think making fun of someone's extreme plastic surgery and fake orange skin is any different. I don't see how this post…

All this while the Governor's son is gay. Not a closeted gay. Like gay-gay. Lots of people there love to defend his son for not speaking out, but at what point does it change from a privacy issue to an issue of not doing the right thing?

I know. He's a kid that clearly has issues and needs help. Make him go to counseling. Don't make his parents pay a huge fine. A 15 year old doesn't even have money of his own! It would be a little different if he were making threats to specific girls or women. Talk about an obvious cry for attention, though.

You're just attacking her skills as an actress now. I'm not saying colorism doesn't exist. I'm just saying this probably isn't a case of it, and the poor girl had nothing to do with it really. There's no need to attack her looks or her acting ability. If that's all you can come up with, there's really nothing there.

I honestly wasn't thinking about maybe darker skinned actors not being considered for the role BECAUSE of their darker skin. But, I have to say that I don't think making an actress look like a character is a slap in the face to Nina Simone's real life. It would be a bigger slap in the face to just hire someone who was…

How is a white woman putting on prosthetics to resemble a character different from a black woman doing it? Would you have been happier if they didn't put on make up at all? I feel like all of these comments attack poor Zoe Saldana for looking the way she does. It's no better than what happened to Nina Simone. It's…

It's weird. There's so many different plot points that I don't really notice the adult stuff...until I sat down the other day at my dad's house to watch it. Didn't make it ten minutes in before I turned it off out of embarrassment.

OR you could be like me, who has been picked on his whole life for being skin and bones, and just be skinny no matter how much you scarf down. Jesus. Fucking bitch. I seriously went two decades of my life wearing baggy clothes trying to hide how skinny I was because of people like you. Just because you're overweight…

The only reason I would be mad about them having sex on my plane would be because it would make me extremely bitter if I had no one to bone, too.

I know people keep saying she's "calling out" those other girls, but to me she was saying it's silly how they are all compared. It seems like people are trying to start shit. I like her music because it's always so brash and passive aggressive.

The square? Please tell me this is from Ole Miss.

A fetus's heart doesn't even form until around the 5th week.