If they didn’t lie, they’d have to admit that a woman was right, and they were inferior to her logic.

The ruling class of bullies is pleased with this development.

1) MRAs and other rape culture supporters will proudly harass under their real names.
2) Women, minorities, all sorts of people prefer the anonymity and PERSONAL PRIVACY to avoid harassment, on an individual site and throughout their online profile. Avoiding stalkers? Ex-boyfriends? There are dangerous people out there, and you’re damning a lot of people by assuming that a lack of anonymity benefits anyone but those without shame.

While that idealism may help one get through the day, I don’t think it’s healthy to pretend that it can’t be nature (with regards to mental illness) and nurture working together against us.

And we’re absolutely disgusted that you hold less sympathy for the victims of rape than you do someone who attempts to teach men how to give off less threatening vibes.

Says the man who believes that women should work to eradicate their ability to distinguish danger.

Why do you believe that you harbor no sexist beliefs? It’s pretty obvious that this is something you harbor deep within yourself that makes you feel uncomfortable.

People aren’t saying you’re a rapist. They’re stating that you support rape culture.

Apparently you’re not aware of this, and thus their post was proven factual.

Apparently, you need to be less of a hostile individual if you think setting off someone’s “danger” alarm is something that requires more sympathy than your malbehavior.

“Poorly socialized nerds generally got that way by being beat on and retreating into nerdom.”

Poorly socialized nerds act like nerds, not creeps. Attractive, socially apt people also act creepy, this is independent of social class or stigma.

By protecting those “guys”, you align yourself and make it more difficult for her to separate you from them. If you’re putting off the wrong signals (as this non-”fan” did), you’re fucking up somehow. Stop fucking up.

Why on earth does your presence prove the opposite? That you’re claiming to be a part of the community but don’t see the MRA rot from within makes me question your ability to see misogyny where it lies. There’s a lot of good people there (I love Pharyngula) but there’s a small but loathsome bunch of “skeptics (against feminism)” that hide under the umbrella and are tolerated far more than they should.

If you knew anything about Chopra’s work, it wouldn’t. He speaks out of both sides of his mouth. He is not using metaphor. He only claims to when called on his snake-oil by the less gullible.

Because it’s completely irrelevant.

It’s just incredibly creepy. He didn’t know her at all. Clearly didn’t know or care whether she seemed to like him back. . The only things he did know – the stuff she had been talking about all night, and her wish to call it a night – he completely ignored. Way to go romancecreepitude.

I think I’d RATHER believe that humans are fundamentally good and that most base behaviors are learned.

Given that other mammals engage in violent behavior against members of their own species, that seems like wishful thinking.