You have to stop blaming the victim here. When you see it's about access -- not bringing enough minorities in -- that means the responsibility is on us, the researchers and research institutions.

Beware of perpetrators in disguise... Some people set fires wherever they go, and have mastered the art of playing the burn victim.

Patients who are being kept alive by technology and want to end their lives already have a recognized constitutional right to stop any and all medical interventions, from respirators to antibiotics. They do not need physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia.

They were so thrilled when I said I’m a virgin,” I blurt out. “I’m so fucking stupid.”
I start crying again, and Alex hands me a napkin. “You’re not stupid,” she says. “You simply don’t assume people mean you harm.”
“Yeah, well.” I blow my nose loudly. “Last night that equaled being stupid.”
“No, it means you’re normal,” Alex says.

These Nigerians
have been raised to think of women as inherently guilty. And they have been raised to
expect so little of men that the idea of men as savage beings with no self-control is
somehow acceptable.

A complete acceptance of personal responsibility is not optional. Whenever you find yourself putting responsibility outside of you, stop and remind yourself that you are responsible, especially when it is easy to blame someone else.