Why are taxpayers paying for Viagra? Where is the Catholic hierarchy's outrage about this?

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53. It's very difficult to get men to empathize with women's health issues that have been

politicized by men*. To paraphrase the amazing Meryl Streep in talking about her male fans. They only really could empathize her character from The Devil Wears Prada because that character had a job similar to theirs, and acted most man-like.

Therefore, equating contraception (a necessary medication for 10 million women who have trouble getting it because others use it to prevent births -- which is their prerogative) with an only male expense, Viagra, works very well.

The argument resonates with women, and most men -- probably not the men who have ever needed Viagra.

* Objection to contraception comes primarily from religious organizations which have historically banned women from positions of power, and are still heavily male-dominated. Thus why only half of the population is being blamed for this denial of health services here.