Women are facing sexual McCarthyism By JENNIFER GRANHOLM

[one_voice]

Guys, I’m thinking it’s hard for you to imagine what it’s like to have your most private decisions made for you. By women.

Let’s put it this way: Imagine that you need Viagra. Imagine that a law passed by an 80 percent female Legislature mandates that to obtain a prescription, you have to procure an affidavit from a sexual partner verifying that you are indeed incapable of an erection.

Or maybe, before obtaining a vasectomy, you have to undergo an ultrasound on your testicles — wherein a technician must apply gel and press a hand-held transducer on your private parts. The legislation mandates that you watch images of your sperm on a monitor as a doctor describes the millions of pre-human lives you are about to end.

Far-fetched? A female legislator in Virginia introduced an amendment to the ultrasound bill that would have required men to undergo a rectal exam and cardiac stress test before getting prescriptions for erectile dysfunction drugs. It was narrowly defeated 21-19. There were just not enough women in the Legislature to make the point.

The “war on women” can be measured, in one sense, by the volume of demeaning and physically violating measures that not only force women to undergo procedures against their will, but force doctors to perform procedures that are medically unnecessary.

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http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=4&threadid=6518536

Good read.

[riderinthestorm]

1. First to rec, first to be privileged to kick... great article. nt

[iemitsu]

2. i'll be the second.

the article is good.

[2ndAmForComputers]

3. "Are you now or have you ever been devoid of Y chromosomes?"

[BlancheSplanchnik]

4. Great Article, she captures the repuke political attack

very well.

Sexual McCarthyism---there's an apt phrase.

The article is getting freeped----unbelievable, what ignorance and hate! Like, Liberals are making this up, Liberals are derailing the important issues, Women are stupid, fetuses are better than women...yadda yadda. Oink oink.

If anyone has time to DU it, you might want to. (I can't right now, it's late and I'm fighting a bug so I can get to work tomorrow)

[shcrane71]

5. Fight fire with fire.

Loving it.

[Quantess]

6. Time for a kick.

[DLevine]

7. Good article. n/t

[JHB]

8. I see Politico's usual crowd is well represented in the comments...

...(there, not here).

Yikes.

[DLevine]

9. I saw that. Absolutely disgusting. n/t

[one_voice]

11. Yeah they're gross over there...

but it is my favorite stomping ground to slap around the nutters. Some days it's very cathartic, others not so much.

[hifiguy]

12. Ugh. That must be where all the zotted Freepers went.

I need a shower.

[Norrin Radd]

10. Related tweet:

https://twitter.com/#!/TheNewDeal/status/179160326913269760

@TheNewDeal

Republicans Have Controlled the House for 1 Year & 67 Days. They've Proposed Nearly 50 Anti-Women Bills, 0 Jobs Bills. #OWS #p2 #tcot

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, one_voice.

[PRETZEL]

14. Great points by the Gov.

she hits the nail where it needs to be hit, not only at the federal level but also when looking at those states (PA included) where extremist Governors exist with equally extremist Legislatures.

But, if I may add a slightly different viewpoint. The medicinal values for women who are taking BC as a way of releiving certain symptoms associated with differing medical conditions like PCOS is a somewhat different issue than those taking it as a means of protecting against unwanted pregnancies. Viagra (or any other ED meds) are prescribed generally in response to certain medical conditions. There is one issue that has a certain commonality to it, both have to be prescribed by a doctor.

Medical issues aside, it seems the lunatic Right is just so worried that women are taking birth control for the sole purposes of not wanting to get pregnant. Well, guys have an equal responsibility when it comes to unwanted pregnancies (remember it takes two to tango) and should be held equally responsible.

Well, here's my proposal. Since women have to have prescriptions for any method of birth control they use with the exception of the rhythm method or the morning after pill, men should have to have prescriptions for their birth control also. They need it for vasectomies since it's a medical procedure.

Therefore, in order for men to buy condoms, they'll need a prescription from their doctor.

(I'm in no way trying to insult the ladies here, but the system's fucked up, and it's the ladies who are the victims)