Thanks for this. Read more

The line conveys exactly what I meant. Again, from earlier in this very thread: Read more

Nope. The line is fine. Read more

This is a discussion of systemic inequalities. It's not that men go out LOOKING for a domestically imbalanced partnership, but that's what they traditionally GET and benefit from, whether anyone wants it or not. And, by extension, that's how a lot of people (men and women!) unconsciously expect their relationships to… Read more

But they didn't agree with me. Did anyone actually read any of the words? Read more

Thank you. I had no idea any of this could be considered even REMOTELY controversial. Women being systemically obligated to bear (and culturally conditioned to accept) the lion's share of domestic work is Women's Studies 101. Wait, what's lower than 101? Negative 10000000000001. Read more

Thanks for jumping in here. Read more

Quote the section of this essay where I say "men are jerks." Read more

This isn't a study. Read more

Wine. Read more

I have it on VHS somewhere, taped off of TV. My friends and I still quote it. Read more

Yeah, there's no "spluttering rage" here, but cute derailment. I'm just saying this shit is an absurd and misguided overreaction, and that preemptively capitulating to bigots like One Million Moms is cowardly and regressive. Read more

Also, my friends' dog Jerry (who is part dalmatian) is going as a real dalmatian, and then their other dog Frankie is going as Jerry!!!

Right. Not to blow things out of proportion, but making generalizations like "Women cost more!" feels like a remnant of eugenics. It's like saying, oooOooOoOOooOooooh, white people are less expensive because they have stronger blood!!! Like, yokey dokey, you basically believe in magic. Read more

Or, DUCK PENIS.

I pay plenty and go to the doctor almost never. Cool story, though. Some of us just have consciences. Read more

Lolllolololol, it is hyperbolic understatement, if anything. Read more

I guess I was hoping that that entire paragraph was satirical. Read more

Well, that's what I mean when I say, "ease doesn't equal fulfillment and "happiness" isn't better than self-reliance." Read more

No. Some things are moral absolutes. Read more