Italy's highest appeals court rules that men are no longer free to "bottom-pat" women as they please. Welcome to the...um...whatever century it is now. I suppose this is a giant leap forward, given that just in 1999 that same court ruled that a woman could not be raped while wearing jeans. (Ya know, if that really were the case, I'd seriously be investing in Levi-Strauss.)

It is when I read things like this (and worse) that I need to stop and remind myself that men are not all evil, and not the enemy. I think of the many good and worthy men I know, and focus on that, because otherwise...well, it would be very easy to believe. *sigh*