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slightlv

(7,800 posts)
8. This is just what I've been saying since they drug
Sun Jun 23, 2024, 12:19 AM
Jun 2024

the Comstock out of mothballs. It won't make any difference that birth control for women is used for issues beyond pregnancy prevention. After all, we're only women... our "female problems" are beyond belief and understanding for these men.

However, there is absolutely no reason why Viagra and Cialis is not fair game. Behind the Comstock Act is religious puritanism that sees ALL sex -- even that which produces an heir -- to be sinful. That's on the part of both male and female. I would expect not only Viagra, et al, but also penile implants, and everything else that has to do with sex to be considered illegal under this act.

And if it's not... well, we'll damn well see that it is. If they try to do a carve out, that's going to be so freaking obvious, that it will call for boycotts of anyone selling any form of male sex help, as well as marches every month, if not every week, about the blatant discrimination.

Lysistrata had one way of dealing with war and things of men... cut our sex for the men... period. Turning the Comstock Act on its side and demanding what's good for the goose is good for gander only makes sense, and is something that even the dumbest magat can understand. After all, do THEIR men want to go without sex?

The only downside I can see to this is the possibility of more attempted rape, as men can go without (or so I've been told). Once men start having their own sexuality restricted, we might well see things like the Comstock Act, female birthing slavery, etc., go the way of prohibition. After all, it is religion that is behind all this. THEIR religion... not ours!

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if it's for men's pleasure Skittles Jun 2024 #1
Follow the money. This would piss off a lot of wealthy men... nt mitch96 Jun 2024 #22
Or monitoring viagra use, making doctors turn over viagra records. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #24
Ok Mr Smith BOSSHOG Jun 2024 #33
Send them to fake viagra clinics. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #38
Doctors Visit BOSSHOG Jun 2024 #34
Many men jump through those hoops to keep their wives from finding out getagrip_already Jun 2024 #42
Men will always get what they want. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #43
Insurance. Does. Not. Cover. Viagra. louis-t Jun 2024 #44
Some Health Insurance Companies do. republianmushroom Jun 2024 #52
the generic often is Skittles Jun 2024 #59
Patriarchy. chowder66 Jun 2024 #2
Dems need to keep citing the Comstock Act as a law that could ban "everything from condoms to Viagra" in the mail. eppur_se_muova Jun 2024 #3
THIS, THIS, THIS!! TSExile Jun 2024 #5
Very good point! nt pnwmom Jun 2024 #4
I bet the majority of Viagra is bought by Incels, ammosexuals, trumpsters, etc. But haven't reviewed stats. Silent Type Jun 2024 #6
Incels, by nature, don't have intercourse. Why would they be pounding Viagra? Celerity Jun 2024 #15
Because the Comstock Act specifically mentions abortion. onenote Jun 2024 #7
This is just what I've been saying since they drug slightlv Jun 2024 #8
As long as rape is an option for these a holes "Lysistrata" will never work. littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #9
I think Lysistrata might work to some extent. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #27
No. Most men do not sleep on the couch. raging moderate Jun 2024 #30
So they create their own Lysistrata. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #31
You should read the Comstock Act. It specifically mentions abortion. Viagra and Cialis don't cause abortions. onenote Jun 2024 #36
We are not legal experts arguing the law. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #40
Were they not people who were prosecuted for other " obscenities" in the past? tulipsandroses Jun 2024 #47
Thank you. emulatorloo Jun 2024 #51
Excellent Point! The Roux Comes First Jun 2024 #10
Condoms too In It to Win It Jun 2024 #11
Condoms don't have anything to do with terminating a pregnancy. onenote Jun 2024 #37
I get that part but isn't the Democratic message also that the GOP are coming after contraception In It to Win It Jun 2024 #49
Yes it should. And if they continue to say life begins at conception then they need to start charging Maraya1969 Jun 2024 #12
I think that was the winning argument BigmanPigman Jun 2024 #13
An excellent post malaise Jun 2024 #21
Not to mention it's unlikely to be procreative sex. n/t BWdem4life Jun 2024 #14
Simple explanation: SamKnause Jun 2024 #16
Right you are. But if the women aren't supposed to have sex, who are the men going to have sex with? raccoon Jun 2024 #17
They never explain that part. SamKnause Jun 2024 #18
Women can have sex with men, but they will be severely punished for it. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #28
Women aren't supposed to enjoy it. intheflow Jun 2024 #48
Republicans can use the Comstock Act to ban all sorts of things. Lonestarblue Jun 2024 #19
Hmmmmmmmm malaise Jun 2024 #20
Because men scream bloody murder when you even mention viagra Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #23
OR they say, "Lots of women like Viagra too!" As if the vast majority men weren't completely Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #46
If we could link viagra and abortion laws, abortion would be permanently legal immediately. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #25
What's wrong with being "lewd, obscene and promiscuous?" eShirl Jun 2024 #26
Trump has total permanent immunity from all laws, rules, norms, traditions, agreements. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #29
Actually, Viagra was developed as a cardiology medication Conjuay Jun 2024 #32
Abortion must not be a cash cow for our oligarch overlords. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #41
Because it's not porn or birth control. Voltaire2 Jun 2024 #35
And, moreover, no one is relying on those portions of the Comstock Act that go beyond abortion. onenote Jun 2024 #39
You know why. Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #45
Because Viagra isn't birth control? It is analogous to topical estrogen, emulatorloo Jun 2024 #50
Too many women love Viagra for that to happen Kaleva Jun 2024 #53
See post 46. Scrivener7 Jun 2024 #60
Has a right-winger said that Viagra *isn't* "fair game"? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2024 #54
It's all a matter of picking definitions. Model35mech Jun 2024 #55
Because it promotes "life" and the ability to create it. BlueTsunami2018 Jun 2024 #56
Because white males want to use it senseandsensibility Jun 2024 #57
Because men's boners Bettie Jun 2024 #58
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