In fact, he probably has been around harassment all the time, he just doesn't register or remember it because it doesn't affect him. We don't remember the trials and tribulations of every stranger's day that we pass on the street. Especially when those trials are something we, personally, have never had to deal with…

I'd say both men AND women need more education about what constitutes consent. How many women do you think say to themselves, "well, he bought me dinner and I went up to his room, now I'm obligated..." Or, "Suzy's such a slut, going up to Tommy's room, what did she think was going to happen?"

Actually, that's exactly what it means. Sarcasm=verbal irony. "http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sarcasm…"

Well, somebody sure missed the day they covered irony in english class.

ALL MEN! EVERY SINGLE MAN! ESPECIALLY YOU! THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHAT I MEANT, ARE YOU RAPING SOMEONE RIGHT NOW STOP IT YOU MAN.

Well, I mean, it was kind of the only defense left to them. But still fucked up. As though women just go around saying, "Hey, you know what would be fun? I'd love to track down some dude I don't know or have anything against, have sex with him, and then accuse him of rape for no reason and engage in a lengthy and…

And yet, they keep raping people (and taping people being raped) and insisting it "wasn't rape" or it, "didn't count." Huh.

"the "do you want this" sounds like the bystander is asking if she wants to be doing this - having sex in public and being photographed, etc."

So... still rape, then.

I can't take the credit, it's my sister's idea. She's a PARENT and therefore a special human being ALLOWED TO HAVE OPINIONS! *eyeroll*

Jesus, dude, calm down. Not having children doesn't mean you don't know anything about children. And wanting to encourage kids to learn to entertain themselves and explore the world instead of vegetating in front of a screen is an opinion shared by many parents.

I was raised before cell phones too, but the equivalent…

But those kinds of childhood injuries are unavoidable. I had a relatively protective mother in a city atmosphere, and I still ended up rocketing down into a rocky ditch on my bicycle, beause I was going too fast and the brakes were rusty. You're supposed to get knocked around a little when you're a kid! It toughens…

Oh, boy, the family now has an unemployed parent who is now $4000 in the hole. That's GREAT for the child. Good old justice system, looking out for us.

Sometimes it's a good idea to have a "family cell phone" so that the kid isn't glued to a personal cell phone, but in situations like this when he's leaving the house alone and it's a safety issue, you can just hand him the family cell just in case and take it back later. Just a cheap flip phone, nothing fancy.

Absolutely. She even said, "I didn't think there was anything wrong with this, I was just letting him out to play." If she was notified by social services that this was a red flag and possibly endangering to her child, she probably wouldn't do it again. She doesn't sound like a bad mom, just maybe she made a bad call.

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OK, I know some neighborhoods are more dangerous than others, and some 7 year olds are more mature than others but... I'm only 25 and I remember being kicked out of the house to roam the neighborhood when I wasn't much older than that. It wasn't some big controversy... it was just "going out to play." If you didn't…

Then I guess we'd all enjoy a lawsuit for assault, wouldn't we?

The most accurate summary of how wine works, by the incomparable Dylan Moran:

I sincerely hope that is true and not just you being snarky on the internet. You would be a better person for it.

It's not "fetishizing" to want to be a conscious participant in your child's birth, or to want to experience vaginal delivery, something which many mothers have described as one of the most incredible things they have experienced. If you personally don't care about vaginal delivery, then you, personally, didn't have…

What's this? A woman in labour capable of making nuanced medical decisions for herself in the moment without requiring she be shepherded through a pre-planned industrial birth decided for her by doctors? I have a hard time believing that.