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I can't help but notice: (Original Post) sheshe2 Oct 2021 OP
RIghtwing men cant get laid so they want to prevent Women from having sex period. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #1
Makes sense. I've see pictures of them and they ain't pretty. Srkdqltr Oct 2021 #2
And even the pretty ones have a problem, once they make their opinions known. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2021 #3
they can't get laid on dollar day at a whore house ! jeeze ! monkeyman1 Oct 2021 #7
He walked into the house of ill repute with a $50 bill taped to his forehead Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #12
your dailed in on this clown's & as far as sex workers are concerned - agreed !! monkeyman1 Oct 2021 #13
Most Rightwing men I know do just fine. They'll even have a bunch of kids. Midnight Writer Oct 2021 #21
Sperm don't have souls Shermann Oct 2021 #4
Many thoughtful, sincere people believe ... FakeNoose Oct 2021 #9
Depending on what state, Mr.Bill Oct 2021 #5
Spot on. Even when women want hysterectomies or tubal ligation tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #6
have a man go in on a table put his feet in stirrup's & watch the feud ! monkeyman1 Oct 2021 #8
turn your head and cough when you say that, and then bend over Evolve Dammit Oct 2021 #11
For a very long time, there was the "rule of 120" invoked for women who wanted niyad Oct 2021 #16
Although apparently an old one, this is a new one on me. 3catwoman3 Oct 2021 #24
I read about it in 1971, in Ellen Peck's "The Baby Trap", and apparently it had been niyad Oct 2021 #27
I was just reading Chicago Trib article from May 13, 2014. Julie Dearsdorff, niyad Oct 2021 #29
Ya think? Hekate Oct 2021 #10
Hey! sheshe2 Oct 2021 #14
Amazing how that works, yes? niyad Oct 2021 #15
How about male masturbation. Remember, "every sperm is sacred." Martin68 Oct 2021 #17
OMG is nobody going to stop the destruction of millions of sperm babies?? SunSeeker Oct 2021 #18
Lol! sheshe2 Oct 2021 #19
Hey, I got mine thru Planned Parenthood. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #20
When I got mine Old Crank Oct 2021 #22
K&R... spanone Oct 2021 #23
I believe that her friend Florynce Kennedy said it first, but they say that they heard niyad Oct 2021 #26
It's a good thing for them that news of this procedure wasn't leaked ahead of time. BobTheSubgenius Oct 2021 #25
As he is killing millions of potential babys randr Oct 2021 #28

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
12. He walked into the house of ill repute with a $50 bill taped to his forehead
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 08:57 PM
Oct 2021

and STILL couldn't get laid.


(Sex workers are not of ill repute, by the way)

Shermann

(7,413 posts)
4. Sperm don't have souls
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 07:57 PM
Oct 2021

Eggs don't have souls either. You can flush any of that stuff as you see fit.

Only human zygotes are imparted by God with that magical essence that we are all so concerned with.

If you are a lowly zygote from one of the other millions of species of animals on Earth, well it sucks to be you. No soul for you! Those can be flushed as well. If the fish in the sea or birds in the air are lucky enough to make it to term, they will be dominated by us. Humans rule, fish and birds drool!

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
9. Many thoughtful, sincere people believe ...
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 08:47 PM
Oct 2021

... that the soul doesn't enter the body until the baby draws its first breath.

In other words, the baby isn't a human being until after a live birth.

There's no scientific proof either way - that's the thing.
It's what many people believe and none of us can prove.

tulipsandroses

(5,123 posts)
6. Spot on. Even when women want hysterectomies or tubal ligation
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 08:26 PM
Oct 2021

We are questioned and cajoled to not do so. I have had fibroids since my teens. The older I got, the more painful they got. At one point, I was in hell for 3 weeks out of the month, every month.
When my son was around 5yrs old, I told my GYN that I wanted a hysterectomy. He told me No! Said I had only one child , was too young and I would regret if I did it. I couldn’t believe he was trying to make this decision for me. My son is 29 yrs old now, I did not want other children then or at any other time in my life.

Fibroids run in my family. Almost all the women eventually had hysterectomies. I knew in my 20’s that I did not want to live with the hell of fibroids. I wasn’t as confident as I am today and I let him take this choice from me and spent most of my life with the misery of fibroids. Not sure why there is an expectation that women are supposed to be baby factories and the same is not expected of men.

niyad

(113,279 posts)
16. For a very long time, there was the "rule of 120" invoked for women who wanted
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 09:56 PM
Oct 2021

Tubal ligation. Or hysterectomy. If your age,, times the number of children you had, was not greater than 120, you could not get one. Who arrived at this "rule", and by what criteria, was never explained.

Women are, in their eyes, only here to be brood mares. We are not human, we have no other function. A sick and twisted view that is once again in ascendance.

3catwoman3

(23,975 posts)
24. Although apparently an old one, this is a new one on me.
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 12:49 PM
Oct 2021

I have 2 kids. I would have had to wait until I was 61 to get permanent sterilization, by which time it would have been irrelevant.

Obviously a "rule" devised by men.

niyad

(113,279 posts)
27. I read about it in 1971, in Ellen Peck's "The Baby Trap", and apparently it had been
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 04:59 PM
Oct 2021

around long before then. And yes, obviously male-made.

niyad

(113,279 posts)
29. I was just reading Chicago Trib article from May 13, 2014. Julie Dearsdorff,
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 06:58 PM
Oct 2021

about sterilization for women (sorry, I can't link, or copy and paste on my computer).

Martin68

(22,794 posts)
17. How about male masturbation. Remember, "every sperm is sacred."
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 10:03 PM
Oct 2021

Maybe Texans should turn their attention from catching rapists to catching male masturbators.

Old Crank

(3,573 posts)
22. When I got mine
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:51 AM
Oct 2021

3 decades ago, There was essentially a 48 hour waiting period. I had an appointment with the doctor who explained the proceedure. Asked since my child was young if I had any worries about not having more.
THE day of I got a short video describing the procedure and emphasizing the permanence of it.
I think most of that was so I wouldn't/couldn't sue if I wanted to change my mind after having it done.

spanone

(135,829 posts)
23. K&R...
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 11:53 AM
Oct 2021

so true, I just made an appointment and walked in.


Gloria Steinem: 'If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament'

niyad

(113,279 posts)
26. I believe that her friend Florynce Kennedy said it first, but they say that they heard
Tue Oct 5, 2021, 04:57 PM
Oct 2021

it from a male taxi driver.

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