You guys keep throwing that back in my face, but seriously: me ignoring some random dude who tells me I'm pretty on the street isn't really me not treating that dude like a human being. Me being followed for blocks by someone whose face I haven't seen, who keeps demanding that I turn around and talk to him because he… Read more
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You say that, but I've been sexually assaulted by way more nice guys than bad boy jerks. Read more
Parthenogenesis isn't what happened in "Jurassic Park." In "Jurassic Park," the frog DNA that had been used in cloning caused some of the dinosaurs to change sex. Read more
Look, seriously, you clearly don't get it. You're not going to get it. You don't live in a world where you're constantly approached by people who treat you as a sexual object. I get that you think that you deserve, like, a gold medal for telling girls they're pretty without being rapey, but you know what? Being… Read more
By his own admission, Ogre isn't constantly approached by people who think that he owes them his attention because they think he's attractive. If he was unable to leave the house without getting a comment ranging from a seemingly innocuous compliment to a command to smile to a graphic sexual offer, he might feel… Read more
The "oppression Olympics" comment was in reference to someone suggesting that because some women in the world are subjected to violent harassment much worse than that which is described by Stoya here, that women who are subjected to the "lesser" harassment should suck it up and stop complaining. I disagree with that… Read more
You want me to take the rest of it on? Let's go, dude. Read more
Yeah. I talk to lots of strange men on the street, because they ask me human being questions like, "Do you know where the subway is?" or "Which way is this neighborhood I am looking for?" In fact one time I even let a dude high five me because he liked my legs, because he was friendly and FUNNY about it, and didn't… Read more
"Strange" in that context is defined as "unknown to him, a stranger." Read more
Oh my god. You're so right. I should have known yesterday that when I left the house in jeans and a tshirt that I was asking for random dudes on the street to tell me I'm sexy. Or that when I'm sweaty and shitty looking and coming from pilates class, that I am just begging for dudes whose faces I haven't even seen to… Read more
Takes a paranoid delusional person to know one, I guess. Read more
Aw, thanks. Read more
I know, right? I feel like I'm on Candid Camera or something. Read more
Actually, some of my best friends are men. Read more
Don't be silly. Ladies aren't allowed to ride bicycles. Read more
I'm not really sure why you're addressing this to me. Read more
You made my day. Read more
Didn't blame you. Just said that as, as you are someone who does not have to live with this shit, you maybe should be grateful that your worst problem in life seems to be not being able to talk to strangers. Read more
I'll make you a deal: when you have as good a chance of being raped, denied fair pay, and denied basic medical care as I do, then you can compliment as many strange women as you want. Fair? Read more
a) The issue is that most people who come up to me on the street are basically operating under the assumption that because they find me attractive, I *owe* them conversation/time/attention, and tend to get very upset when I don't agree with that belief. Read more