There have been many times over the history of this country when there has been what has been called a war on women. Today, the Republican presidential candidates and various conservatives are fighting a voracious war on women. One of the most recent issues was Rush Limbaugh calling Sandra Fluke an activist law student at Georgetown University a slut pretty much because she uses birth control, which of course means she has sex. My question is if a woman is a slut because she publicly admits to needing birth control, what is a middle aged conservative radio "personality" who uses his insurance to buy Viagra? Admittedly I don't know if the radio host in question uses Viagra, but since the Viagra industry is booming we can be pretty sure that an awful lot of middle aged men are using Viagra, since most 20 and 30 something's don't need Viagra. There is also the fact that at least a portion of these middle aged men are using said Viagra to have sex with younger women, women who gasp!! have to use birth control so they don't get pregnant by these middle aged men who can't get a stiffy on their own, so they use medication to do so.
Why aren't these conservative men (aka the religious right) outraged at the fact that insurance pays for a medication to help men get it up? It can't be so that these men can procreate, since although physically they are able to father children, that does not mean they want to have children at their age. It really is a simple answer: those little blue pills are for men. Men run this country and always have. Yes, we have come a long way since the days when women could not vote, own property and were pretty much the property of the men in their lives whether it be father, husband or sons once their husbands died. But Mr. Limbaugh shows exactly how far we have yet to go in this war against women. We cannot afford to stop this fight. On the contrary, we need to fight harder than ever. To Mr Mouth (aka Rushie-boy) if Ms. Fluke is a slut what does that make the men that she is having sex with? Because I can guarantee if she is in need of birth control she is not having sex with other women. Wait I forgot, it is ok for men to have sex without the benefit of marriage, acceptable, even. It's just not ok for women to do the same. How archaic a thought. I feel like I just stepped back in time at least 50 years. Back to the times of good girls vs. bad girls. Sandy vs. Rizzo. Just a simple request. You stay out of my uterus (and medicine cabinet) and I'll stay off of your penis (and out of your medicine cabinet).
Janet Lee Smith
03/15/2012
Why aren't these conservative men (aka the religious right) outraged at the fact that insurance pays for a medication to help men get it up? It can't be so that these men can procreate, since although physically they are able to father children, that does not mean they want to have children at their age. It really is a simple answer: those little blue pills are for men. Men run this country and always have. Yes, we have come a long way since the days when women could not vote, own property and were pretty much the property of the men in their lives whether it be father, husband or sons once their husbands died. But Mr. Limbaugh shows exactly how far we have yet to go in this war against women. We cannot afford to stop this fight. On the contrary, we need to fight harder than ever. To Mr Mouth (aka Rushie-boy) if Ms. Fluke is a slut what does that make the men that she is having sex with? Because I can guarantee if she is in need of birth control she is not having sex with other women. Wait I forgot, it is ok for men to have sex without the benefit of marriage, acceptable, even. It's just not ok for women to do the same. How archaic a thought. I feel like I just stepped back in time at least 50 years. Back to the times of good girls vs. bad girls. Sandy vs. Rizzo. Just a simple request. You stay out of my uterus (and medicine cabinet) and I'll stay off of your penis (and out of your medicine cabinet).
Janet Lee Smith
03/15/2012
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