‘Nuff said. We can move on.

For this reason, if you are comparing the incidence of rape at different ages, you can only validly compare the incidence at different ages *over* the age of consent, or the incidence at different ages *under* the age of consent. Otherwise you are comparing two different crimes.

1 - How he expressed himself makes him a prize ass. Rolling in a wish to throw punches may be natural sometimes, but to lay out the thoughts is silly and - worse, no doubt, from a Derbyshire viewpoint - ungentlemanly.

2 - He did a followup (I don’t have the link) where he explains what happens: basically he backed up the school’s disciplining of his son.

3 - He actually says something that I agree with (!): A loathing of therapy-speak. I despise it too, having seen it used far, far too often as:
(a) a means of ensuring that one never gets to the point at issue, revolving around feelings and process, avoiding ugly things like solutions and plans;
(b) a means of nasty powerplays for control, revelled in by the manipulative.

4 - He should be bloody grateful that the school’s first reaction was to just have the kid(s) punished and inform the parents. Many schools nowdays bring in the police and juvenile charges are laid, leaving it to the courts to sort out. I reflect with discomfort on a nasty fight that I had in Grade 5, where a Grade 6 kid choked me and I slammed him with a judo throw. I’ve never been in a fight since and the reformed bully went on to a much quieter personality and a career in sciences. I shudder to think what would have happened if it had ended up in “smurf court”.

Because the prevailing — and advancing — ultraconservative culture in America infantalizes all people, demanding that active citizens become childlike subjects. It’s just that the age bar for being permitted to think for yourself is being adjusted upwards and upwards and upwards, but not explicitly mentioned.

LOL. That’s true, Anne. But if you disegard the Beast’s looks (and his homicidal tendencies regarding his roses), he had a lot going for him–he had wit, charm, intelligence, wealth, etc. Plus, once Beauty agreed to marry him, he turned into a handsome prince, so even his looks weren’t a problem.

However, as Garnet pointed out, the usual sitcom husband doesn’t have wit, charm, intelligence, etc. And when Beauty marries him, he doesn’t change to a handsome prince. He just gets fat.

Me, I think it’s because sitcoms are targeted toward coach potatoes who are sitting at home,
watching TV. They like to think they’ll end up with cute chicks if they made the effort. Not so, I’m afraid.

You will note that I, in my magificent arrogance, allow myself to speak for all men everywhere on the topic of sex. This is because I have (a) a penis and (b) incredible chutzpah.

Not incredible enough, however, to speak on behalf of all women everywhere on the subject of sex. I have enough problems negotiating and navigating the subject with individual members of the species.