The fact they're paid so little and expected to do so much means they basically don't exist at a professional level. Some of them are on three goddamn dollars an hour, that's not "professional" level anything, I think my allowance was technically a higher salary than that

Sorry but being a stripper is not the same as a working for an NFL team

You're absolutely right - they're fools for staying in those jobs, but the key point is that, no matter how ridiculous your employment choice is, you should be able to demand to be treated in a respectful manner.

Another co-worked said, "you'll be so proud of me! I started going to a church with a gay pastor!"

Reading Ta-Nehisi Coates's masterpiece yesterday, and attempting to reconcile it with the 67% of millennials who believe that they're "post-racial" and that race does not present a "barrier to accomplishments," was astonishingly frustrating.

Unfortunately being so weak you deserve to be put down isn't against the law

"but the way you formatted this sentence makes it sound like you're saying that if you abuse substances or have a mental illness, you're going to turn to sex work and no other profession." - You

Leave the guy alone, he's just engaging in a little casual hatred of people he'll never met but imagines to be undeserving of the right to breath oxygen - it's an age old human pastime.

Often both. I don't think it's a coincidence that as women gain more and more power in society, there is a media backlash full of meek, wilting, stick thin women.

Bit of both

Theocracies have a tendency to go strong for hundreds and thousands of year at a time. It's nice that you believe in the power of youth and all, but the truth is that a lot of the youth are murderously in love with the Quran, and a lot of the people defending the theocracy have assault rifles.

After a vulgar clip which hurt public chastity was released in cyberspace

Her quivering voice and accusatory tone implies that she was put upon in some way with these sex acts. That, to me, suggests discomfort on her part. What's an uncomfortable new experience for many women? Anal.

Is it really that hard to comprehend that if an adult doesn't want to do ten minutes of chores then that's the end of the discussion?

It is possible to fry potato skins

My point, that you don't seen to grasp, that you don't get to tell JK Rowling or anyone else how they interpret a character.

How the hell do you know that?

It is a pointless debate, but you remain incorrect.

"For goodness sake, she would be retconning Harry Potter by making him gay, because he's described as heterosexual (or at least romantically interested in women) in the books. " - You

By your own logic, the JK Rowling has not said that Dumbledore was hetro so you can't say that either.