Author just wrote me from his gmail account: sexyboyb@... That's taken my appreciation of your professionalism to a whole new high, Professor.

Author just wrote me from his gmail account: sexyboyb@...

Ahahahaha. Your job wins today.

I used to love biscuits and gravy, but have not eaten it in years. Worst mansplanations I get involve disability discrimination/bias. Because I think many white guys(probably not anyone here) get their view of such things from, like, civil rights footage in Alabama in 1955. So they are imagining angry, contorted, AB faces yelling out "cripple, go home!" Which, in my generation at least, has never happened quite that way.(And, most importantly, they know they are Not That Guy, so, there are what? 5 of those, and they will get old and die, and there;s that law anyway, so pretty soon? No more problem. And don't you think your attitude contributed? If you go in expecting the worst...etc. etc.

Author just wrote me from his gmail account: sexyboyb@...

When I worked at a high school program at my university, one of the young men wrote to me from "leothelionman6969@...."

And then, of course when he came in he was a cute little nerdy boy-- but hardly leo the lionman 6969.

And don't you think your attitude contributed?

Yet another variation of victim-blaming. Hate it.

I think sexyboyb is worse than leothelionman, but not sure if the 6969 part makes it worse...

So, I don't normally read the comments, but loved this from a commenter on Jezebel:

are we seriously allowing men who think women have magical uteri to make life-altering laws on our reproductive systems?! That's like allowing children to make laws about dentistry based on their understanding of how the tooth fairy collects teeth for a living

So, I don't normally read the comments, but loved this from a commenter on Jezebel:

I wish I could even figure out how to read the comments on Jezebel now. I saw 3. Literally, 3 comments.

But the truth is, ZK, that I *don't* have the same faith that I had as a younger person, that if I could make people *understand*,everything would be different, and there's no such thing as a truly stupid person, and "what's inside," is truly what counts. Maybe that is getting smarter, but it has kind of wrecked my attitude. So as much as I hate it, there is a "stopped-clock" kind of truth in it. But it can happen whether you are expecting it or not.

Tep, I know. Jez sucks now.(of course, I'm paranoid about internet security so the redesign hates my Firefox. That's truly what sucks.

And, most importantly, they know they are Not That Guy, so, there are what?

From the gay male perspective (I won't claim to speak for others), it doesn't take many That Guys to ruin things. Although I tend to find mansplaining (straightsplaining?) more in the media than in person. But even in the media, it only takes one willfully clueless person to ruin my day.