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So apparently i’m a Feminazi, now?

So…I’m sitting in the kitchen with a few people i’m close with, and and I happen to over hear the following exchange:

Mr. X: “Oh, what’s that scent you’re wearing? It screams ‘Rape me!’”.

Ms Y: *Embarrassed/Nervous Laughter*

After I got over the shock of hearing something so horrendous, I tried  to tell him that that’s not an acceptable thing  to say, but he guffawed rather loudly, cut me off,  then called me a  ”Feminazi”, and stated that my claiming that there even -is- such a thing as male privilege is rubbish. I replied that a woman has a right to wear whatever scent she likes, purely for the purpose of personal edification, and that at no point is it alright to say that something a woman does/wears makes the idea of raping her a funny one. He then laughed this off, said I should lighten up, and that the reason I have no boyfriend is that I’m “not submissive enough” about things like this.

I won’t even waste my time contemplating how mind mindbogglingly stupid that idea is, but there’s no point when something like this can just be shrugged off. This? Is -pure- ignorance…and i’m honestly really ashamed to have to admit that this happened between me and someone I’m familiar with. I know I don’t normally make posts this long, or this personal…but i’m really upset about this right now.

blamoscience: From Why Evolution is True: This is one of those times when scientists discover a structure whose function is absolutely mysterious. Piotr (Peter) Naskrecki, an entomologist, photographer and author working the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, is currently in Mozambique, documenting his adventures at a website called The Smaller Majority. Piotr is one of the best animal photographers ever, and his Mozambique entries are not disappointing. His latest entry, “Mozambique Diary: Alipes“, recounts his finding a bizarre centipede, pictured below. It’s so new, in fact, that I don’t think it yet has a species name: it’s simply called Alipes (the genus) “sp.” (species). Have a look at this baby, and realize that those appendages are not in the front, but are the modified rear legs of this arthropod. And their function is completely unknown.
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blamoscience:

From Why Evolution is True:

This is one of those times when scientists discover a structure whose function is absolutely mysterious. Piotr (Peter) Naskrecki, an entomologist, photographer and author working the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, is currently in Mozambique, documenting his adventures at a website called The Smaller Majority. Piotr is one of the best animal photographers ever, and his Mozambique entries are not disappointing. His latest entry, “Mozambique Diary: Alipes“, recounts his finding a bizarre centipede, pictured below. It’s so new, in fact, that I don’t think it yet has a species name: it’s simply called Alipes (the genus) “sp.” (species).

Have a look at this baby, and realize that those appendages are not in the front, but are the modified rear legs of this arthropod. And their function is completely unknown.

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