What these Republican men are actually saying...

[Raven]

Women are lesser creatures who do not have the intelligence to make informed decisions about their bodies and their lives.

Nothing new here. The Catholic Church has been saying the same thing for centuries. The notion is imbedded in our culture.

The proposal for forced transvaginal ultrasound tests on women seeking abortion is basically saying that a woman is not smart enough to know what is in her best interests without the help of men who know nothing about her or her life.

In the early '70's I lived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. I went to register to vote there and was told that I had to register in Decatur because that was where my husband was registered and I was "a chattel" of my husband.

I'm fearful that we've taken a giant step back to those days.

[lumberjack_jeff]

1. These are the two authors of the Virginia ultrasound bill

What are these Republican women saying?

[Fawke Em]

2. That they're brainwashed by the Tea Party or

that they're beholden to the money their political PACs provide them?

[lumberjack_jeff]

4. Or maybe they just suck ass.

Exactly as they would if they were men.

These bills are a republican war against liberty in partnership with a church war against sex.

[Fawke Em]

8. That, too. LOL.

[hamsterjill]

5. That they are "properly" submissive.

I am convinced that many of the Republican women in Congress have yet to truly believe that they are equals to men. They may try to act that way, but I wonder if they truly believe in equality.

And I think that's why Hillary Clinton and other women like her are perceived as such a threat. She very openly proves that she believes in equality. No bones about it! And they hate her for daring to do that.

[Raven]

7. Wow! Just wow! I had no idea that

women authored this abomination. We are worse off than I thought.

[dickthegrouch]

3. That they've been *really* bad and need to atone

for something by backing the odious tenets of the church.

I can't think of any other reason why women would be so misogynist.

[Ineeda]

6. Not just that women are stupid,

but maybe even more relevant to their POV, is that women deserve humiliation, especially those who are clearly sexual beings.

[HopeHoops]

9. I think a wee bit earlier - like the 18th century.