Wonderful comic. Thank you for sharing!!

I know that- I get it from an evolutionary perspective. And by the same reasoning, the woman then sticks around and offers her rapist "love" as incentive to stick around and help care for the baby she might be carrying as a result, based on her unequal 'investment' in parenting that has already probably begun. And…

Let's figure out WHY in addition to HOW. Why do men rape? It's not an anomaly of the human condition; it's an ugly but real part of it. Why do women continue to say "I love you" to someone after they have been raped by that person? Also not an anomalous experience/reaction. Why does rape persist in our species,…

I use all kinds of words to describe myself and my friends. I have never thought of myself or them as a "females." That word is one I use to describe my pets. The only reason I could think it might become natural-feeling is if a person was actively perusing the personals on a frequent basis where F to ____ is used.

Yup. We have this one Don Williams greatest hits that is great for sleeping or canoodling, and then "Livin on Tulsa Time" comes on and I just think of his father, who is from Tulsa. Gross.

But doesn't it suck when things don't work out and the music you once enjoyed, very likely before your human-love-feelings got involved, becomes intertwined with heartbreaking memories, and you have to destroy all your old cds and delete your playlists and say a sad goodbye to your inspirational artists along with…

Would watch.

Fair enough. Good distinction and example :) I think the avoidance of humiliation can get in the way of effective punishment, when parents worry too much about a kids' social standing and their own, by proxy. Like my ex wrecked his Mustang in high school when he was wasted and so nobody would know and judge…

You think if you do it again and again your coworkers aren't going to know you do a shoddy job of your work? Humiliation is rightfully earned sometimes.

Disagree. When a child considers that his perspective on something is equally as valid as an adult's and actively continually rebels against the parent's wishes, it needs to be put in check. For example, a boy asserts that eating candy is the same as eating nutritional food. He sneaks candy and eats it and refuses…

I agree. But part of fucking up in real life, is actual humiliation, or should be. Isn't it proper for kids to get a taste of that? Not a heaping helping, but a taste?

But if the child is acting like a grownup and disrespecting his parents, doesn't this punishment, indeed, fit the crime? "You think you're a grown up? Here, this is what grown ups look like." Although I don't like the humiliation aspect of it, but that's part of owning your choices, bad ones too.

I think it's great. The punishment fits the crime. Acting like you're all grown up and disrespecting your parents? Here you go- this is what it's like to be grown up. Just for a few days. I've been battling with my son, a tween, who argues with me about limits I have set and enforced for YEARS now- suddenly he is…

I understand you, but I also see that as a burden that should be reserved for adults. I will use this approach with other issues, because yes, we all have to follow some codes. But I just think kids should be given a pass with a lot of those expectations for now. She's only 6. She'll have plenty of time for all…

Thanks WizzedOut. This is a great idea. She will sometimes let me- that's the every 2-3 days brushing out ritual. Maybe if we start a habit of braiding it at night that will keep the tangles down, too, and on bath days give her those cute crimps that I remember loving as a girl. She likes her long hair, for…

I try to answer all the "Why" questions I can because there are a lot that I can't. And it makes me challenge my own beliefs and leave room for growth through my children- the future. If they want to know why and I don't have a good reason or an answer, the imperative is unjustified and likely rooted in a bullshit…

I understand. Your point came across- I just wanted to add that in there. And honestly, it's something that I struggle with too, more because of my talking fears and wanting to fit in socially. It's like a conversation filler, an easy go-to, 'nice' introduction. I often want to compliment women with beautiful gray…

In ballet that will be really hard, from what I know of the social pressures in that group. Best of luck to you.

Give up. See who notices. I bet it's no one. And anyone that does notice and has the nerve to say something about it, is a judgmental asshole. Focus on improving your SELF, your ACTIONS, who you ARE, not what you look like. From Marmy in Little Women: "You're more intent on shaping your dear little nose than on…

Also make it a point to compliment people on the things that they do and the way that they behave and are. Even the "compliments" are drawing attention to women as consumable objects, and most of the ways we look are things that we can't even change if we wanted to, so it's stupid to praise something like that.…