The Revenge War On Viagra

[babylonsister]

State Pols Outraged by Anti-Abortion Laws Push Onerous Restrictions on Viagra
Mar 14, 2012 4:45 AM EDT

Want to use the popular potency drug? First undergo a rectal exam, celibacy lecture, and waiting period. How fed-up female state legislators are pushing bills to retaliate against the male-led, restrictions-laden drive to limit women’s rights to abortion and birth control.



In the fierce public debate about contraception and abortion, revenge legislation is the new attack weapon. Women pols are using their posts to wage war on bills and laws that work to govern women’s wombs. And they’re not denying the obvious humor involved in what they’ve proposed. Monty Python is even a touchstone.

To give men a taste of how invasive and prodding government oversight into women’s sex lives has become, a number of state politicians sporting two X chromosomes have championed bills that mandate a pesky list of prerequisites for men who want Viagra pills. These include celibacy lectures, rectal exams, affidavits from former lovers swearing impotence problems, and forced viewing of a video pimping the medicine’s side effects. Acquiring the goods to get hard could be incredibly difficult. It's tough enough reading that list of regulations with a straight face.

“We’re talking about it, that’s a start,” said Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner, who in the last 24 hours has been anointed the latest liberal media darling for introducing her version of a Viagra bill. The senator wants to “protect" Ohio's men "from the risks of PDE-5 inhibitors, drugs commonly used to treat symptoms of impotence.” Turner is retaliating against her state's cadre of male pols who push what are essentially abortion and contraception bans. They have, her press release suggests, been so protective of women’s insides that reciprocation is only fair.

“If you want to be preoccupied with regulating women’s wombs, we’re going to do the same thing with men,” she challenged.

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[Smarmie Doofus]

1. So, teacher: You're going to punish the whole class 'cause a few kids are throwin' spitballs?

Come oooooooononnnnnnn! You're better than that.

[knitter4democracy]

2. Why not? They're not throwing spitballs.

They're bullies, and they need to have someone stand up to them and force them down, not just look the other way and shrug.

[catbyte]

3. You must be male, Smarmie

If you were a woman, you would take this whole assault on women much more seriously. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.

Spitballs?

Come on.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. And passing invasive laws that afect the whole 'class' of women, is AOK with you?

[Orrex]

5. When will you pesky broads learn that these thoughtful men are looking out for your best interests?

For the record, I fully support this "War on Viagra," even though as retaliation it's not fair at all.

A quick jab at one's prostate or an affadavit re: sexual dysfunction is nothing at all like the invasive, demoralizing, and dehumanizing procedures that they are trying to force women to endure, not to mention the fierce and ongoing psychological abuse to which women are subjected.

If men are too squeamish to submit even to the minimally bothersome procedures being proposed, then maybe they should shut the fuck up about what women are to be required to tolerate.

[LiberalEsto]

6. There needs to be a 10-inch-long rectal probe

to examine men who want prescriptions for Viagra.

[wendylaroux]

7. rectal?--n/t