Assuming that's a JPAC sign, and not someone nefariously coopting their logo for smear purposes, they are equating same sex marriage with bestiality.
I didn't say that I see anything inherently wrong with sex work either. What I said, and what is pretty much inarguable, is that there exists a potential for and incidence of explotation of human beings in sex work. This does not exist in romance novels.
And what cannot be stressed enough is that those super-rapey over- and undertones in romance novels is nearly entirely a thing of the past. Romance novels have been on a steadily-less-problematic trajectory over the last 30 years, while I doubt any sane human being could say the same thing about porn with a straight face.
And what cannot be stressed enough is that those super-rapey over- and undertones in romance novels is nearly entirely a thing of the past. Romance novels have been on a steadily-less-problematic trajectory over the last 30 years, while I doubt any sane human being could say the same thing about porn with a straight face.
I think your point is a good one, I just think this guy is pathological with or without the military experience. Plus retiring higher up makes him sound like a respectable dude with a storied history of service, as opposed to ... well, who he actually is. Unrepentant sociopath with indefensible access to power?
6 tweets in a row saying "I'm the victim here! Look at how I'm being attacked!" and then one saying "I won't play the victim."
So effing tired of this guy.
So effing tired of this guy.
He didn't retire, he was forced out after he beat an Iraqi detainee and fired a gun next to his temple.
He was responding to the fact that she referenced his position a bill during the floor debate in the House, which is not outrageous in the least and is actually SOP in the House. His crazy person email was out of line in every regard.
Yes, I've read thousands. Some are super problematic, like the 80's versions you apparently read, and some are not. But there are no sex workers involved, there are no human beings being used to get you off, there is not the opportunity [and/or incidence] of exploitation.
You can't compare something, even something problematic (which again, they are not all) that relies on imagination with something that relies on human sex work. "Socially the ramifications are the same."? Hah.
Using your definition, any idle fantasy is also porn.
You can't compare something, even something problematic (which again, they are not all) that relies on imagination with something that relies on human sex work. "Socially the ramifications are the same."? Hah.
Using your definition, any idle fantasy is also porn.
Romance novels are not porn. This is an old, tired false equivalency.
I AM SO OFFENDED! SUPER RICH PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE TOO! MOMS! HARDSHIP! GROCERY BAAAAAAGS!!!
If she was really raped. I'm sure we would have heard about ita nd there would have been charges pressed.
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@boobookitteh: Srsly. I can't wait until all these fuckers get sucked up out of their duallies into the sky and the rest of us can finally get some peace.
@laParisienne: An ultimatum is often the end result of a real life conversation. You talk about it, compromise if you can, but if there's a situation where you can't be happy in a relationship without something changing, you have to make that known. Calling it a dealbreaker versus an ultimatum is just semantics - they're the same thing. Using ultimatums all the time or when you're not really that serious about the issue could very well be a power trip or a sign that you should just get out of the relationship, but ultimatums per se are not manipulative. If you're being honest and the issue really is a relationship-ending issue for you, then they're the most mature way to deal with it because that way you're being honest with your partner and giving him/her the opportunity to decide for him-/herself whether they want to walk.
@Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Jumping on the Welcome Back - ish bandwagon. Missed you. :)
@laParisienne: How is an ultimatum different from a dealbreaker? It's just saying out loud "This is a dealbreaker for me."
@pennies.allover: Steve Harvey?
Sure I would, but he'd probably regret it. I've got hours upon hours of "... and ANOTHER THING!..." saved up for that guy. It'd be like an angry one-woman intervention.
There is definitely some irritating cookie-seeking and problematic comments about women he thinks are too "mainstream" sexy (models, actresses, etc.), but I'd be lying if I said it wasn't nice to see a man bothered by the constantly-diminishing cultural expectations of manhood who didn't immediately find some way to blame feminists.
Wow, the bar for what I'm grateful about is set really low. Depressing.
Wow, the bar for what I'm grateful about is set really low. Depressing.
@seejanerum: Yeah, I hate that people use "Lolita" to mean tart when the whole book was about the fact that she was just a normal kid that a pedophile fixated on and then molested repeatedly.
White Gay Man (WGM) wants to learn about trans* issues. He asks trans* friends for education. Trans* friends, who prefer not having to educate someone all the way from the ground up, direct WGM to helpful blogs and request that he do some research. WGM would be more comfortable if trans* friends got over their own preferences and just explained it all to him out loud, which is his preference.
WGM want[s] to ask how I can help and how I can change . You could start by listening when people tell you how you can help and how you can change, instead of demanding that everything happen on your own terms.
WGM want[s] to ask how I can help and how I can change . You could start by listening when people tell you how you can help and how you can change, instead of demanding that everything happen on your own terms.
Huh. I guess I might never be considered an ally again after writing this article, but ... is the new I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but ...
