Yo, Bro! Stop Bullying Women in the Comments Section

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To borrow a phrase -- better to be thought a fool than to type a comment and remove all doubt!

1) An obesity researcher admits there are lots of myths and unproven “truths” in his field and vows to test the common knowledge “factoids” we all love to throw around when it comes to talking about diets and weight loss.

Some myths he wants to disprove:

Some unproven ideas he wants to get to the bottom of:

This is great news -- important news. This guy is really trying to solve the problem of obesity – with truth! But the commenting turned nasty. How did a discussion about obesity turn into this: “I am not insulting the women, but I do not like hearing the excuse that "I had kids and that's why I'm fat" ... or that it's normal to be that heavy during/after pregnancy.”? Out of curiosity -- what would he have said if he was insulting women? And how over-exaggerated must his sense of self-importance be to make the comment in the first place -- if he doesn’t like to hear it he is welcome to stick his fingers in his ears and say “la la la la” until it’s over.

2) Then there’s the case of the American University Phi Sigma Kappa brothers who thought it would be a genius idea to print shirts that said "Please don't feed the sorority girls" on the front and "Campus Beautification" on the back. These charming gents were told by the college to destroy the t-shirts but recently a student recovering from anorexia saw one of the boys wearing the shirt at the gym and wrote about why it was offensive. Cue unbelievably inappropriate comments: “Why women are at such a higher probability for anorexia? Because they are dumb and dont [sic] want to take the time to learn how to correctly diet so they just stop eating and think that will work.” Thanks for sharing, dude. “[The t-shirt] is a reference to sorority girls who crash fraternity parties to get free junk food and fatten up on it. It's not an attack on women in general who buy their own food and exercise.” Oh, well that’s fine then. Wait…no, it’s absolutely not.

3) Finally, we have the hoopla created when the show Girls ran a plot line that involved Lena Dunham having a fling with a man who is both gorgeous and a doctor. Apparently this is just too much to comprehend. How can a girl like that get a guy like this? Am I small-minded if I'm stuck on how this fantasy is too much of a fantasy? Yes. Yes you are.

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