Category: men

How would that matter indeed.

“What do you think she would be like in bed?”“I’ve nevr met her.”“How would that matter?”

So telling.

from Fraternity Gang Rape, Peggy Reeves Sanday

“Rape [is] rare in 47 percent of the societies studied and common in 18 percent of them. … In the more rape-prone societies there [is] greater sexual segregation, male social dominance, interpersonal violence, and the subordination of women” p4

“… in the United States, which is in all likelihood one of the most rape-prone …

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Men and Women in the 21st century

None of these quotes (all from The Unmade Bed by Stephen Marche) are representative of what the book’s about, but they do reveal, perhaps unintentionally, Marche’s subtitle, “The messy truth about men and women in the 21st century”.

“Eventually, David Granger, the editor-in-chief of Esquire, read something I’d written for the Toronto Star and called …

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a few of the many insights in Holly Bourne’s When We Were Friends

“That song [“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by Carole King) is the most true song that’s ever been written.”  p175

“Speaking so loudly [about football] and with such arrogant authority that everyone else sort of had to listen.”  p219

“Is it just me or is it crazy that football chat is taken seriously when …

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American Tragedy — Indeed.

So I watched American Tragedy (purporting to explain the American tragedy of school shooting) last night—actually I fast-forwarded through a lot because it was so superficial and, thus, boring, ignoring the elephants in the room.

1.  As soon as a boy enters puberty, his body goes into testosterone overload and almost overnight, he sees females …

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Use protection. Use contraception. A HUGE difference.

When we talk to/about men and condoms, we say ‘Use protection’, but when we talk to/about women about various options, we say ‘Use contraception’.  The difference is NOT insignificant. 

In the second case, we’re talking about preventing conception, about not becoming pregnant, about not becoming a parent.

In the first case, we’re talking about protection …

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“Your body, my choice.” WTF?!

BE AWARE!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/11/business/your-body-my-choice-movement-election/index.html

“Bear, because If I got attacked by a bear people would believe me.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/06/us/man-bear-safety-tiktok-question-cec/index.html

Man or Bear?

A Woman Who Left Society to Live With Bears Weighs in on “Man or Bear” Read esp from “I need to get away …”

8 Handy Tricks Women Can Use To Beat Trans Athletes

Delightful post at the Babylon Bee:

https://babylonbee.com/news/8-handy-tricks-women-can-use-to-beat-trans-athletes

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