• You have access to Plan B should you have an unwanted pregnancy

In not-so-ancient Europe:

The first son inherited the family wealth.
The second son joined the military.
The third son joined the priesthood.

Well played nature. Well played.

This research has been around for something like a decade, if not longer.

"Men get eating disorders. Yep, even straight men."

"Men get a pass. Not women, the bitches."

Can we stop treating this as a zero-sum game? (Addressing some of the responses I'm seeing, not Lindy.) I say this about patriarchy all the time, and I'll say it about weight policing and beauty standards:

US federal law does not require breaks of any kind, but many state laws do, so the legality of that would vary by state.

"The Oprah"? What the hell is that? Is she a species?

Oh who gives a fuck about this miserable, cranky piece of shit. Let's talk about how amazing Oprah has been looking lately! Look at this! She wins everything!

I was taught that "AIDS is smaller than condom pores" fact in high school health class! I believed it for a reeeeeally long time, because I had no reason not to believe it. So I grew up feeling really sorry to people with HIV/AIDS because there was no way for them to ever have sex again without infecting someone.…

Ha, well we've had confrontations about it so they KNOW (and it's usually accompanied by them eyerolling at me). But I can see the habit thing. After I yell at them, the next butt or two goes in the bucket and then a few minutes later it's back to the ground.

VERTICAL VIDEO SYNDROME!

Now that, is a truely terrifying reaction on a first date.

Soft to Sexy

While wearing my ring, I got asked, "So I take it you're not going to be in the industry for much longer, are you?"

h) sex without improper use of elbow, ball handling, or blocking below the waist

f) Sex had while wearing renaissance fair accoutrements

not good, not bad, just... fair! whee this is fun.