Imagination Library, yay! I work in a tribal community, where schools cannot hold bond overrides based on property taxes, since our schools are on lands owned by the federal government. Our schools *STAY* underfunded, with how that system is designed. Imagination Library is the only way that kids in my community get…

No, it’s a reality. And trust me: predators know “the type” that is likely a viable target vs the ones that get a “difficult” label after rebuffing. She’s the latter.

How is anyone ‘dating’ anyone at 13 years of age?? So gross that this is ‘news’ being peddled among adults. GROSS.

True, but until then I’m still going to try and make “MilTorius” happen.

I am genuinely horrified that anyone is covering who a goddamn 13-year-old is “dating.”

I’ve literally said that on a lot of dates with guys and then one thing lead to another and I’d be having sex on the first date. Was I a victim? No. Was I disappointment in myself and regret it? Yes

There’s definitely a generational divide among women on this story.

Why not both? I don’t have kids yet but if I have a girl, I’m going to teach her to stand up for herself and protect herself. If I have a boy, I’ll teach him to respect women and get consent (and vice versa). Just because it’s not her fault regardless of the steps she took to protect herself doesn’t mean we women have…

I’m not sure discomfort is actually as obvious to others as it is to the uncomfortable person. I spent my college years going limp and silent when my boyfriend tried to go farther than I wanted. I thought of this as negative reinforcement. But to a 19 year old boy, focusing his attentions on some cool new experience,…

EXACTLY. I bet a lot of women can say the same thing. I know I can.

Why?? Because we need to stand up for ourselves and stop putting ourselves in uncomfortable and maybe even dangerous situations just because we are afraid of hurting someone’s feelings.

Nothing has totally erased this. The issue is this encounter, where the woman willingly gave Aziz not one but two blowjobs, was a bad date, and now a fringe group wants to lump this in with the #metoo movement. When she finally verbalized to him she was uncomfortable, he immediately called her a cab.

We both need to stop being polite to men who do shit like Azis (which has happened to me) and men need to stop just thinking with their dicks and start checking in with their partners.

“Why does that need to be the conversation?”

This is a reasonable take. Aziz would be pretty damn near 100% at fault in this situation for being a fucking clueless boar, but I’m certainly teaching my daughter not to put up with ANY shit remotely near what he pulled. Loudly and clearly and insistently and, if necessary, violently.

This is the best most reasonable comment I have read on the matter. At no point did she say no, stop, or try to leave. She said it with “body language” even tho she thought it was cool to hang out nude all night. May want to be a little more clear before you say you were assaulted.

This is what gets to me about this story. He apologized and left her alone. What else does she want out of this? If there are multiple stories that show a pattern from Aziz, then let’s hear that. I’m sorry she had to go through this on a date but I also don’t know what recourse she wants from him.

While I am careful about putting obligations on the part of a woman to not be assaulted, THIS needed to be said. Women are (WILD GENERALIZATION COMING) often eager to please and slow to disappoint. It did not appear that she could not have left, or that she would be facing some negative consequences of telling Ansari…

This was a bad date. She had a horrible date with a clueless guy who thought he was being sexy and hot. She was made to feel uncomfortable, and it wasn’t right.

The story reads to me like a groupie dissatisfied she was treated like a groupie.