“At some level, empathy is empathy, whether it’s your sibling, a cat, or a spider.”

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This comment was by Stephen on the post “Meow the Cat is now a big star (pun intended). Should we care?”

“I never wanted that desperate have-sex-with-whoever-is-willing-just-so you’re-not-a-virgin act.”

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This comment is from Jake on the open thread discussion “How Did You Learn About the Birds and the Bees?”

“The power of public shaming isn’t in what they use to shame you with, but the fact they are trying to shame you at all.”

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This comment was from HeatherN on the post “Newsflach: Posting Naked Pics on Facebook Could Get You in Trouble!”

“You have to got back to the late 1950′s or early 1960′s to find competent fathers portrayed in the media.”

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This comment was from bobbt on the post “We’re Dads, We Don’t Need No Fancy Label”

“Sure hairyness can be ugly sometimes, but so can smoothness.”

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This comment was from WellOkThen on the post “Keep the Rug: An Appreciation of Male Body Hair.”

“…If you were to ask my son, I’d say he favors the life he has, imperfect as it has been, to none at all.”

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This comment is from Amie on Josh Bowman’s piece, “Ten Things I’ve Learned From Having An Abortion”.

“You can’t be G.A.Y.! I fancy you!”

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This comment was from MediaHound on the Open Thread: “What’s the Dumbest Thing a Woman Has Said to YOU?”

Our Commenting Policy

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We set out spark an international conversation about what it means to be a good man in the 21st century. We have indeed created a very large discussion. And we’d like it to be passionate yet civil.

“I read ‘Where Did I Come From?’ and was somewhat stunned…and life, of course, would never be the same again.”

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This comment is from Black And Blue Man on the Open Thread Discussion post “How Did You Learn About The Birds and The Bees?”

Sleepy At Storytime? We Have An App For That… Or Soon We Will.

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Stay-at-home dad raising funds to invent a cool new app for exhausted parents.

“Vulva bleaching? I never thought I’d say this but, boy, I miss the 80′s”

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This comment was from Sarah on the post “Ladies Bleaching Private Parts…Men Are You Getting a Bad Rap?”

“I’ve known three guys personally that followed through with their suicides and they sure as heck never let anyone know.”

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This comment was from Tom B. on the post “Close Call: My Brush with Suicide” by Tim Pylypiuk

Abortions, Men, Women, and being Called Sluts and Murderers

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Abortion, contraception, reproductive rights — these are issues of both men and women. Here are two stories.

Genderf*kation: A film that asks “why is talking about gender taboo?”

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If you have strict ideas of how gender can be expressed, we’d like to know “why do you care?” Why on earth would talking about gender ever be seen as taboo?

“If men and women could see the sex drive as similar to the hunger drive, perhaps we’d not be so hard on each other.”

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the ones who aren’t hungry would never say to the spouse, “You can’t eat, I”m not hungry, I won’t cook for you, I won’t dine out with you.” Comment by Julie Gillis on Men and their Inner Goat.

“This reminds me a lot of a scene from 12 Angry Men.”

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This comment is by Peter Houlihan on the post by Pauline Gaines Is Your Blog Stalked by Trolls? Here’s Why.