You may recall that all-dude panel of “experts” at that recent congressional hearing on contraception. One of the reasons it was an all-dude panel was that congressional Republicans wouldn’t let Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke testify on the costs of birth control. (She later testified at a separate hearing held by Nancy Pelosi.)
Apparently stating publicly how much contraception costs when it’s not covered by insurance is basically the equivalent of pooping on the flag to some misogynistic assholes, among them the always charming Rush Limbaugh, who has denounced Fluke as a “slut” and a whore, saying, at one point, that she
went before a Congressional committee and said she’s having so much sex she’s going broke buying contraceptives and wants us to buy them.
Actually, she didn’t testify about her own experience at all.
Also, does Limbaugh even know how contraception works? Yes, the number of condoms one buys depends on how often you have sex. (Or at the very least how often you hope to have sex. Who knows how many boxes of condoms, purchased in moments of optimism, have quietly expired on the shelf waiting for their purchasers to finally get their mojo working. )
But the costs of many other forms of contraception have no relation whatsoever to the frequency of sex. Women on “the pill” take a pill every day, regardless of whether they are having sex that day or not. Women using IUDs don’t run down to the health center to have one installed every time their vagina expects a visitor.
Birth control, in short, doesn’t work like Oxycontin or Viagra, the two pills about which Limbaugh seems most knowledgeable.
Sorry to belabor the obvious, which apparently isn’t so obvious if you’re a right-wing, woman-hating asshole.
Anyway, now Limbaugh seems to think he’s entitled to watch Fluke having sex:
So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex. We want something for it. … We want you post the videos online so we can all watch.
Dude, what the fuck is wrong with you?
Here’s the excerpt from his radio show in which he makes this creepy demand.
As a virgin feminist myself, apparently I have not been exposed to this epidemic of ‘virgin shaming’. In fact, I was under the impression that feminism supported not having sex if you didn’t want to for any reason.
IR: You do know that drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain (or for other diagnostic stuff) is actually a perfectly acceptable medical procedure, yes? Not just to relieve headaches, unless the headache is caused by pressure on the brain, but in certain cases it’s a fine and dandy thing to do. By a doctor, of course. If you let your drunk brother in law drill a hole in your skull with his Dremel, you get what’s coming to you.
You can’t just go against the rest of the world and then act all snooty and undignified when we “don’t get it.”
Dude, you’re the one with the Aryan horse. (I’m never letting that die. Ever.)
Well katz, you can only afford an ARYAN horse that is gleaming and opulent if you are Super Rich from making video games.
Yep, I wish MRAs could understand feminists are on their side here. The Cracked article IRFF linked wasn’t by a feminist, but by some average partriarchy-inured guy who figures that virginity makes you less of a man. Of course, he’s not a foaming-at-the-mouth misogynist like MRAs either. I suppose these traits make him a actual “white knight.”
That’s right IRFF: The idea that you have to have sex or you aren’t a man is PATRIARCHAL. Screw, make babies, send them off to war (if male), or make more babies (if female) is how the patriarchy has worked since ancient Rome and beyond.
Just once, I’d like a troll in here that some reading comprehension. I guess asking for and getting a gleaming, opulent, Aryan horse is more likely to happen.
^ that has. And just once, I’d like to be able to type.
I don’t see the relevance of a random transphobic sexist article from some random wiki (it’s not even wikipedia level, it’s that weak of a source). Is this just an pathetic attempt to attack me based on my gender and sexuality, or was there meant to be another point by linking that?
On a completely different note I have actually seen footage of brain surgeries done with modified power drills (which were sterilized), in parts of Eastern Europe where a lot of expensive equipment is hard to come by. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1581896/Surgeon-uses-DIY-drill-to-remove-brain-tumour.html (that’s an article discussing it, but the footage does exist). I have this fascination with surgery, and sometimes find it interesting to watch footage of surgery. I considered becoming a surgeon, but had to come to terms realistically with the fact that I could not physically or financially meet the demands of internship or long procedures (medical internships and such are not designed to be easy to survive for any poor student, add in my disabilities, it’s not do-able).
The “hole-in-head” argument is silly anyway. Say that craniotomies weren’t ever medically indicated? What the hell would that change?
Birth control would still be an effective and important medication.
David, I demand an opulent gleaming Aryan horse T-shirt.
Katz – Um, I wouldn’t wear that shirt in public around people who didn’t know what it meant…
Unless it was just an image of an opulent gleaming Aryan (maybe a cremello?) horse and no caption. That might be kinda awesome.
…I might draw that tomorrow.
I demand a t-shirt saying, “Getting on birth control is just like getting a hole drilled in your head!”
…wait, what?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craniotomy
Just in case you think all this is a feminist plot to convince you that BC is necessary. Apparently you seeing (or acknowledging) that this whole argument is OT is expecting too much .
@Hellkell
I have asked for both and received. Truly God is unkind.
*received neither
It would seem God is much more generous towards me when it comes to irony
Holly–shoot, you’re right. That would be an unfortunate shirt. Can I demand an illustration, at least?
First time posting here… I’m sure you all know this, but just wanted to share my excitement that Rush has lost 5 major sponsors to his “show” in the last day.
(safe for work and no triggers)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/02/1070344/-Rush-Limbaugh-losing-advertisers-keep-up-the-good-work-?via=blog_1
*jumps around excitedly and goes back to lurking*
IR: At the risk of spoiling the mystery, could you explain exactly what you were trying to get at with the opulent Aryan horse thing?
“If it wasn’t for that opulent Aryan horse, I would have never finished that video game…”
And the Opulent Aryan Horse you rode in on.
So, let me see if I understand…
You said that taking birth control was a responsible thing to do and, when I pointed out to you that you’d made this fairly reasonable statement, you began tossing about various bits of irrelevant bullshit like drilling holes in skulls and birth control not being “good” just because it’s prescribed.
I see.
And this is supposed to be a defense of your intelligence? Because it still just seems really, I mean really dumb.
I know I’ve established that you’re dumb -dumb as a bag of hair- but I want to help you out here. Me calling you dumb is not the same thing as me talking about my “superior feminist intelligence.” Yes, I’m smarter than you but that isn’t especially hard to be. And I’m sure that there are lots of people who aren’t particularly feminist who are smarter than you too.
Because you’re dumb.
As for your question, you’d need to provide evidence that that the feminists in this discussion have been virgin shaming. And after you’ve done that, with direct quotes mind you, I want you to apply your horse of opulent, Aryan intellect (or whatever the fuck that was you said) and explain something to me:
If antifeminists out earn everyone and people find rich mates more desirable, how is it that David almost always has examples of antifeminists whining about how no one wants to fuck them, and women are all hypergamous bitches?
I mean, if they’ve got all the money then there shouldn’t really be a problem, should there?
It’s Equine-ity in Motion
He turned his gleaming long face to me
As white as any Aryan
As opulent as any horse could be
Mmm – he blinded me with ponies
MRA comprehension catastrophe
Katz – I’m not drawing it now because I won’t get to sleep if I start now, but I have it all planned out. 🙂
Nobinayamu seems to be a sort of reverse life coach. That’s the only reason I can think of for paragraph after paragraph of henpecking about how naughty I am.
Wow, some people have to phone in specially tailored services to get this treatment!