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    My_Latest_Incarnation: What strikes me about Sodini's house is how barren it is. Marcotte's isn't much better. They look sterile and barren, like there just a place to sleep... more »
    Arkaina: I've just gone ahead and flagged that video for violating the Hateful and Abusive Content clause of Youtubes' TOS. Saying that murder is part of a gam... more »
    Orora: What really disturbs me about this is that only the man's "feelings and emotions" seem to matter. A woman's supposed to keep dating a man she doesn't... more »
    Mediahohoho: You can see what Sodini is doing in the video, too. It's the old, "look at what I own. How can you not want to be with me?" It's way to easy in our so... more »
    EldwinBabania: Actually, I think that is exactly the answer that is behind so many societies forcing everyone to get married--the old, unattractive and cruel get one... more »
    nozer: Not to get all new-agey on everyone, but all of this violence is sort of reminding me of the idea of a healing crisis. In much of the same way that p... more »
    SulakshanaBogdan: Huh? What I see when I see a couple that has a big age difference is a couple with a big age difference. That's pretty much it. "Way ahead in personal... more »
    pesematology: So what about when a woman has a lonely life or a dry spell? Is it the fault of men? Should we kill men for not sleeping with us? Their logic makes no... more »
    Maggie Glass: My therapist told me something yesterday that might have been of real use to these types of men: THERE ARE NO VICTIMS, ONLY VOLUNTEERS. These guys ar... more »
    UziOenomaus: NY Times columnist Bob Herbert, my hero, wrote about the Amish schoolhouse massacre in exactly these terms: http://www.nevadacoalition.org/content/vi... more »
    Mediahohoho: Ugh. This is all very depressing, and all the more so because I have been in this place more than once. The place where my attractions never met up wi... more »
    mirrorghost: weird that this should transpire as i've been reading about serial killers. i mean come on, ted bundy? and i just read about some other guy that said... more »
    whynotshesaid: That book on his table - How to Date a Younger Woman, or whatever - really freaks me out. I am married to a man who is considerably older than me, an... more »
    activearchivist is lovely, in a moist, fluffy sort of way: And why shouldn't I be afraid of men again? more »
    whynotshesaid: Thank you for this post. After I heard about the shootings, the first thing I thought of was the guy who shot all the girls in the Amish school house... more »
    rednrowdy: okay, this whole 'true forced loneliness' thing is MIND boggling. i mean, seriously. WHAT. THE. FUCK. should be called "truly fucking LOONY" more »
    Possible: One thing that disturbs me about misogynist hate crimes is the "Well, maybe women really did reject him and crush him emotionally" reaction. You didn'... more »
    andBegorrah: It never ceases to amaze me that people complain about their "forced loneliness" or the social isolation that some malicious strangers have imposed up... more »
    1.1.1.: The problem is that men are raised with completely unrealistic expectations of entitlement and they view women as trophies to be shown off to other me... more »
    AngelaLucius: " He wasn't angry he couldn't get a date - he was angry he couldn't date a bunch of 18 year olds. " That was struck me. It was not about women in gen... more »
  • #aidingandabetting

    Gym Gunman Was Not Alone: The Making Of A Misogynist Murderer

    Gunman George Sodini may have entered a Pittsburgh gym alone on Tuesday night. But he was part of a string of mass murderers of women — and a loose-knit group of misogynists who encourage manipulation and hatred. More »
  • #newsroundup

    Don't You Wish The Government Could Be More Like A Buddy Movie?

  • #justsaying

    Just Saying...