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Relevant xkcd for apple96's post. I have a lot of problems with the idea that "women don't do these jobs because they're not hardwired to", and also with "women are ...

Women in politics face the same opposition that men in politics face. However, they also face the same struggle that women in any traditionally male-dominated environment face, and that is ...

My parents have never smacked me, and I managed to grow up with a sense of responsibility and respect for others. Jus' sayin'.

Onwards and upwards!

Lines to come back into chat on...

And the suitable answer? "Because we're in Serious Discussion and Debate."

Ah, yes. The only reason why I quoted Poe, though, is because I loved the quote, so there is no real need to dismiss it. "The thing I said was ...

If a condom breaks, and you are not using any other form of contraception, and you are denied the ability to use either a morning-after pill, or to get an ...

Grif, what would you define as "deviant sexual behaviour"? If you are, by any chance, including homosexual sex, I am going to have to vehemently disagree. LGBT teenagers already suffer ...

In the UK, we also have PSHE/SPHE, and although it probably differs from Stella's a bit, it still covered a lot of things (with varying degrees of usefulness) - including ...

Seconding Karz there, and adding: it's important not to conflate nudity and sex. Wearing revealing clothing does not equate to wanting sex. What if it's really hot? And, for example, ...

I can name a terrible film from 1959 , does that count?

I've had a whole lot of discussion with my dad about music, old music, whether music now sucks, and whether the [insert decade here]s were really as awesome as everyone ...

I think the best way to keep women from overdrinking is to explain the fact that beer is essentially empty calories. Yes, society has a brilliantly negative attitude to female ...

I wanted to capture some of the awesome pome-things PeN writes in chat, but then I thought she might not want me to do that, and I did not want ...