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Women In Combat
I disagree with the overall point of this article. I do agree that women can meet or exceed the physical requirements made for men. There are many examples of this; this is not my dilemma with the article. My personal belief on why women shouldn't be involved in combat situation has nothing to do with equality and sexism and all to do with ...
Posted to Politics by slatereader123 on November 6, 2009
Broken Relationship
I hope this is as a fair place as any to get some advice. I have been in an almost 6 year relationship with a woman I love. That relationship is clearly on the rocks and in danger of shattering. I never cheated on her, I was never emotionally or physically abusive, I wasn't an alcoholic or drug addict; I just didn't see that she was unhappy. I ...
Posted to The Chat Room by Still Trying on October 27, 2009
Re: Master Cleanse Wussy
It's great that you use cleanses for spiritual purposes. However. The point that Samantha, and the Doctors, bring us is sadly valid. People who diet, ie use extreme control factors over food for the purpose of self worth/esteem/gratification, do so for unhealthy psychological reasons. It's not the worst thing ever, compared ot other ...
Posted to Slate V by Alyxmyself on October 20, 2009
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
BC is not as effective in overweight people
I've watched this show before and noticed that many of the women are overweight and on BC. It annoys me that they never mention that BC is not as effective in overweight people. They are missing out on an opportunity to educate people and possibly prevent surprise more babies. Perhaps they do this to avoid making overweight people feel worse ...
Posted to Television by travertine6 on October 9, 2009
Re: Question for Women's Equality Pugs
I personally disagree very strongly with the idea of women serving in Combat Arms units. I am a 5 year veteran of the United States Army with two Iraq War deployments. For my entire career, I have been a proud member of the United States Army Cavalry, the premiere reconaissance force for mechanized forces. There are several key points beyond ...
Posted to Ballot Box by andyv2k14 on September 2, 2009
Re: listen to the man Icagneeto...
You're cynical. There are many women who say the same about men. And they are missing the point about most men just like you're missing the point about most women.
Posted to Dear Prudence by GuessWho on July 29, 2009
Akbar Ganji on Gender Apartheid in Iran
Great piece. Leading Iranian dissident Akbar Ganji wrote an article for Boston Review in 2007 looking at exactly these issues. ''Half a Man: Notes on Gender Apartheid in Iran'' -- http://bostonreview.net/BR32.6/ganji.php
Posted to Foreigners by BReview on June 23, 2009
Vindication? Nope, pontification
Passion is not in the least bit inconsonant with genuine feminism. Studies and, better yet, women themselves, will say in fact that power and accomplishment and bumped-up self-esteem combine to create a very flammable fuel for eros. I posit that the writer, Cristina Nehring, is confusing the agitated symptoms of low self-regard (drug use, ...
Posted to The Highbrow by BetsyST on June 20, 2009
Re: Breathe in, smell the misogyny!
SHE started it!
Posted to Foreigners by Hooblublu on June 17, 2009

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