Is it to soon to point out that studies on rates of domestic violence in gay and lesbian couples are equal to or greater than their hetero counterparts?

Folks, it isn't a man problem, but rather a people problem.

"Is it to soon to point out that studies on rates of domestic violence in gay and lesbian couples are equal to or greater than their hetero counterparts?"

Stop citing hate facts.

I was able to attend Ms. Sommers' talk at UCLA Law School yesterday. A more innocuous and gracious presentation of the need for each gender to appreciate and listen to the other, cannot be imagined. And yet they are carrying signs around depicting her as some kind of dangerous person.

That quote certainly is most reasonable, but so is everything Sommers says, in her books and her essays and speeches. The fact that radical feminists, or their would-be acolytes, find her a threat of some sort, betokens their unwillingness to even engage in fact-based discussions, or to allow an iota of dissent from their orthodoxy. Sometimes I am somewhat amused by their doctrinaire rigidity, sometimes I am terrified by it.

UCLA, of all places, the school where my parents attended, where I attended and earned an undergraduate and graduate degree, was always known for its liberal approach to ideas and free speech, as well as a very ethnically diverse student body. Marching around to try to boycott and malign a talk by a very intelligent and classy person who takes the time and effort to point out the invented "statistics" and unwarranted assumptions which underlie radical feminism, is very unsettling. Show up to this event and have a reasonable discussion. Apparently they cannot risk that, or they just don't want to hear anything that upsets their fragilely constructed authoritarian views. I want to note that it is hardly just UCLA which is being beset by this; it appears to be going on at virtually every prestigious university. I am upset with the professors and administrators who are cowed by this, and who do not stand up strongly for a free exchange of ideas, which was always the hallmark of a university environment.

Women should be useful.

Had Rose Eveleth not blocked me on Twitter I'd share Crids link with her to get her opinon on what everyone was wearing

"Unfortunately, the crime of domestic violence is poorly understood and the issue has been used by gender zealots to depict the average man as a predator."

To the creators of the poster, the outrageous nature of Sommers's statement is obvious. But not to me. Let's see, what part is objectionable?

Is it that "domestic violence is poorly understood?" Even if one thinks Sommers is wrong about this, one should not get out the picket signs.

Is it that there might be such a thing as "gender zealots?" You can't swing a dead cat on a college campus without hitting a women's this or a women's that.

Is it the suggestion that the "average man" might NOT be "a predator?" Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

William, thank you so much for your account and your thoughts on what's become of UCLA and free speech.

University of Michigan (where I went to school) has similarly become a place I don't recognize, with breast-baring protesters (of just about everything) giving way to students complaining about the expression of "hateful" and "hurtful" ideas.

Women should be useful. ~ Posted by: Crid [CridComment at Gmail] at March 5, 2015 12:05 PM

Cool story.

"Unfortunately, the crime of domestic violence is poorly understood and the issue has been used by gender zealots to depict the average man as a predator."

The over-sized font used to emphasize "gender zealots" shows what really upset them.

This is disturbing that they think this is some kind of indictment on the author. Is this so ridiculous to them that they believe that the average man is a predator?

It should also be pointed out that there exists a double standard in cases of domestic abuse.

Suppose husband and wife are out to be somewhere, and wife spends the last hour prior to their being out the door getting dressed and made up. Husband settles down at computer. Five minutes to go, and wife is ready, husband is still on computer, hasn't even started to get ready. Wife cuffs him lightly on the back of the head to get him started.

Don't think that's domestic abuse? Okay switch the roles then, and husband cuffs wife lightly on the back of the head. Now do you think it's domestic abuse?

William-" I am upset with the professors and administrators who are cowed by this, "

In my observations many professors and admin were the ones promoting this behavior.