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Polanski
Just because an adult is sexually stimulated by the sight or actions of a child does not excuse his actions. Your author attempts to excuse Polanski by saying the thirteen-year-old victim he raped behaved provocatively. So where does this slippery slope end? With the three-year-old tot who has learned that ''flirting'' melts an adult and yields ...
Posted to Human Nature by Mary Golden on October 14, 2009
An Analysis of Sotomayor's and Scalia's Lawyer Comments
Rosen cites the Almanac of the Federal Judiciary to support his sexist diatribe against Sotomayor. But, he neglects to do a couple of things. First, the Almanac is NOT an official publication of the federal judiciary or the American Bar Association. Instead, it is a listing of unscientific, often racist and sexist, commentary about judges. The ...
Posted to XX Factor by darrren12000 on May 9, 2009
Re: something that is never mentioned
Sorry, your ten cents, isn't worth a nickel. Honest Pro-life folks see that women who are faced with a crisis pregnancy need the greatest compassion of all. Pro-Choice folks don't realize that she's not offered any choice at all except killing her child. Planned Parenthood doesn't offer (or want to offer) information about adoption options, ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by Chauffeurkp on November 25, 2008
Re: I don't really see the big deal
I agree...I think it's a non-issue (me-Independant voter, not rich...). In fact, I think Slate is showing their political cards by having an article on this. These kind of articles are what justify the FOX news watchers (my mother!) into labeling the media the 'liberal elite'. On top of the fact, it's sexist. I haven't heard anything reported ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by biosusan on October 23, 2008
The Spite Vote
I enjoyed your article and found many points you made to be right on the money. In particular, I find the attitude of disgruntled Clinton supporters who say they won't vote for Obama to be ridiculous and thick with irony. Their displaced anger and willingness to cut off their nose to spite their face in the name of battling sexism is laughable. ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by s_eilers on August 22, 2008
Where is a discussion about Father's Rights?
Up front allow me to say that I am a clear supporter of abortion rights under any and all circumstances. I was raised in a strongly feminist household and support equal rights for women and do not believe they have been achieved yet. And yet I was deeply troubled by the language Linda used in this article in its absolutism about it being only ...
Posted to XX Factor Extra by AJIntrocaso on August 13, 2008
My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action
An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008
It's a bit more nuanced
I do not believe that Hillary lost because of sexism, and I'm a Obama supporter anyway. But was their sexism against Hillary? Without a doubt. Hitchens, like usual, makes some good points. Unlike the racial divide, there are some fundamental biological differences between male and female. Some of these make one gender better at some things than ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Sara Katz on June 18, 2008
hitchens is right
Great article! Here's another one on a related topic: http://www.miller-mccune.com/article/430 Lack of party recruitment, not voter sexism, limits women’s presence in politics, according to a new study.
Posted to Fighting Words by juan2689 on June 16, 2008
The Only Thing
The only thing I am absolutely sure of these days is women are generally so full of themselves and baloney, it is difficult to separate the two. The moral highground is best reserved for preachers and priests, not women. There is an old, well known adage and it goes something like this 'those that live in glass houses should not throw stones'. ...
Posted to XX Factor by techresmgt on May 21, 2008

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