I don’t think a man is entitled to tell a woman not to have a baby, even if it is biologically his. Obviously, deceiving someone or poking holes in condoms or something similarly ridiculous is wrong, but if a man does not want to reproduce, it’s his responsibility to take the necessary measures. He doesn’t have a…

Excellent information. Thank you.

I know, I’m saying that the alternative which is quite common too, is barely discussed.

Absolutely. I think that stereotype is a whole lotta projection. Sure, it happens sometimes. But it’s ridiculous to think that no man would get some satisfaction, even if it’s for the wrong reasons, out of making a woman have his child. Gestation, childbirth, and parenthood are obviously harder on women.

I know the idiotic stereotype is that women want to get pregnant and “trap” men, but forced motherhood is really underdiscussed, especially in ‘developed’ countries. Many abusive men have a complex, and impregnating their victim is a way to further disempower them.

This is another reason teaching is such a complicated career today. There are more men who are entering teaching, especially in younger grades, which is great. On the other hand, they are valued wayy beyond than their fair share. They get their egos stroked for going into ‘nontraditional male’ careers, and when women…

Omfd. These instances prove how deeply entrenched sexism is in our system. This buffoon, who despite what I assume to be years and years of experience and countless professional interactions still doesn’t have the basic sense not to say shit like this, is CEO of a fucking company.

Wtf? Basically, a woman is too competent? How unsettling for your poor professor!

Let's not pretend most of these guys maturely established parameters with their partners. What happens most often is that they'll lead women on, even claim to love doing it, and when it comes to, they don't. I think her position is coming from a place of pain and anger, and she may re-evaluate someday, but at least…

I agree. I think Jane Krakowski is really funny, buy it's distracting to be reminded of Jenna Maroney so much (especially since Jacqueline's character is pretty similar in that she is eccentric, self-centered, and vapid).

I think that was supposed to make Lauer look like an idiot. She obviously understood him (and just because she only speaks Spanish, doesn't mean she doesn't know English) and counters with why didn't the girls learn Spanish?

I was in a similar-ish situation. Despite how great someone is, for me there was a fundamental disconnect if both people aren't what the other is looking for. Of course, we all have to make compromises, but I realized that I couldn't be happy if I felt like the relationship wasn't significantly what the other person…

I think you're actually kinda wrong with the terminology. As someone else pointed out, asexuality is not having the desire for romantic love or sex. If you are still attracted to people and experience sexual compulsions/desires, but you are choosing not to pursue relationships or acting on urges (even if they are not…

So true. I don't know what to do with these pseudo-intellectual 'progressives'. And I am unable to get past how they can't see their own intolerance and the hypocrisy of it all. It seems like any attempt to evaluate something in a holistic and multi-faceted way is not an agenda of the new 'liberal' class.

This is something I've been noticing and struggling with in recent years. Yes, it's good to be progressive and conscious. But picking apart every. single. little. thing an individual says is just oppressive, alienating, and insensitive.

I LOATHED Jim and Pam. I did not think they were cute, and watching their fictional relationship made me feel suffocated. Like, it's not enough that you work together, are good friends, eventually get married and LIVE TOGETHER, but they were always all anti-social to everyone else and co-dependent.

That was not as common a practice as most Westerners love to think. You're cute, though.

I wasn't actually around then, but I feel this huge sense of a kind of nostalgia for the second wave. I even prefer the term "women's lib" to feminism. I think you're spot on that a lot of this wave's feminism is inextricably connected to neoliberal ideologies. The only positive aspects of the new feminism to me are…

I am understanding more and more why you are so cherished here.

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