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"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." This adagepopularized by Gloria Steinem, who heard it from an "old Irish woman taxi driver" in 1971ignited as a feminist slogan because it pithily evoked the double standard that allowed for men's sexual and reproductive freedom, but not for women's.
Forty-six years later, the slogan remains as apt as ever. Decades of progress have not managed to deter politicians from passing a deluge of laws that restrict access to abortion in ways grounded neither in evidence nor reason, forcing hundreds of clinics to shut their doors. In state legislatures dominated by Republican men, where anti-choice extremism has become the norm, female lawmakers are reciprocating by turning the double standard back on their male colleagues. The most recent example is Texas Rep. Jessica Farrar, who joins a dozen fellow female lawmakers who have wielded satire to illuminate just how hypocritical, unjust, and ridiculous politically motivated abortion restrictions are.
On March 10, Farrar filed House Bill 4260, titled "A Man's Right To Know," which she described as "an act relating to the regulation of men's health and safety" that would create a civil penalty for "unregulated masturbatory emissions." The title of the bill mimics "A Woman's Right To Know," the notorious booklet that Texas clinics are required to foist on women at least 24 hours before an abortion procedure, which relays medically inaccurate gems such as the (erroneous) claim that abortion is associated with death, suicidal thoughts, and breast cancer. With this bill, Rep. Farrar aimed to highlight the "glaring inequities" in how politicians handle reproductive healthcare for men and women.
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Stormvessel
(11 posts)Jerking off is nasty - ban it
procon
(15,805 posts)Can't leave that stuff laying around, and those Haz-Mat clean-up crews are expensive.
Stallion
(6,474 posts)nm
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Ejaculate. They have to gove 24 hour notice that a disposal is forthcoming.
procon
(15,805 posts)Ilsa
(61,694 posts)Character Max, ex-CIA and friend of Carrie, was applying for work at what turned out to be a political social media bot farm. He was perfect for the job except for a 1 year gap in his work history. He finally explained to the head honcho that he had gone through a rough time after his girlfriend died. He said that time was totally M&M time --- Meth and Masturbation.
duncang
(1,907 posts)At least that's what used to be said. And if it was said it has to be true, right?