Been a huge fuss over the last two days about aspirin being used as a contraceptive. In case you missed it, it can be summarized as:
How do you use aspirin as a contraceptive?
Take a tablet and hold it between your knees.
Yeah, I know, that joke was both old and not very funny back when dinosaurs walked the Earth. The version I heard when I was a kid called it the credit card method. Same punchline, different method.
Following hot on the heels of the birth control mandate and supposed back down last week, this bad, weak joke has opened an entire warehouse worth of cans of worms. Inalienable rights. First amendment rights. Womens rights. The far right and far left's right to froth at the mouth uncontrollably
They all miss the damned point as far as I am concerned.
Since when did contraception become solely the woman's job? Just look at the assumption there for a second. "Ladies, you had better keep your legs closed, 'cause guys can't control themselves. If you don't, it is all your fault."
That is a fundamentaly retarded idea, normally spouted by retarded fundamentalists of all stripes. It is not just dissing guys, but giving a get out of jail free card to the "pump and dump" a*sholes. It is total balls and drives me into a fury. It takes two to tango. Two to make a baby.
Two to take the responsibility for not making a baby.
And, ironically, aspirin seems to increase fertility.
Thank you to everyone who suggested topics for the blog post, both on the Guyspeak facebook page and privately. Got topics for the next two months!
How do you use aspirin as a contraceptive?
Take a tablet and hold it between your knees.
Yeah, I know, that joke was both old and not very funny back when dinosaurs walked the Earth. The version I heard when I was a kid called it the credit card method. Same punchline, different method.
Following hot on the heels of the birth control mandate and supposed back down last week, this bad, weak joke has opened an entire warehouse worth of cans of worms. Inalienable rights. First amendment rights. Womens rights. The far right and far left's right to froth at the mouth uncontrollably
They all miss the damned point as far as I am concerned.
Since when did contraception become solely the woman's job? Just look at the assumption there for a second. "Ladies, you had better keep your legs closed, 'cause guys can't control themselves. If you don't, it is all your fault."
That is a fundamentaly retarded idea, normally spouted by retarded fundamentalists of all stripes. It is not just dissing guys, but giving a get out of jail free card to the "pump and dump" a*sholes. It is total balls and drives me into a fury. It takes two to tango. Two to make a baby.
Two to take the responsibility for not making a baby.
And, ironically, aspirin seems to increase fertility.
Thank you to everyone who suggested topics for the blog post, both on the Guyspeak facebook page and privately. Got topics for the next two months!
I find Rick Santorum completely abhorrent. The guy came to my state (North Dakota) and told a whole crowd of people that Iran was going to attack us because we have oil. Fear-mongering is a dictator's tactic... grrrrr.
aspirin that's a new one. had forgotten till reading this, but i do remember using it during my infertility phase to increase my chances now that you mention it. good blog as usual, good points. i agree the pendulum of responsibility swings both ways. i'm of the mindset that if you are not in a place where you can have that important talk with the person you want to be active with, then you aren't ready to have sex with them. there are no "yeah but"'s to that one. if it's too awkward to discuss with your clothes on, you shouldn't be taking it past that point. my experience has shown that the good guys will want to play a role in this decision, or at least be involved in the process i.e. what method to choose. and the good guys will also be very glad that you brought it up as well, because it says something to your maturity and responsibility.
When it comes to restricting access to birth control why do the politicians only talk about the pill? Vasectomies are a form of birth control that no one mentions. They are usually covered by insurance. That’s why I call bullshit on this debate the republicans have made up.
Umm, no, vasectomies are not really a viable alternative to regular birth control because it eliminates the man's ability to have children at all. With the Pill, women have the option of going off it at anytime when they want to have kids. Condoms? Just don't use one. Sponge? Take it out. But a vasectomy is permanent. Besides, my knowledge is that vasectomies are usually used by men who have had children and are with a woman who can't have more kids because of health or because they don't want to have kids at all. They aren't going to be widely accepted as a contraceptive for younger men.
Umm...Lena my point is that this debate is centering on restricting women and their sexuality. No discussion on insurance covering viagra either.
MM, I loved your post, until you started using the word "retarded." why would you use this word instead of stupid, idiotiic, dumb, etc. I thought that using the term retarded to mean stupid was over, but I guess not.
Do retarded people wake up one day and decide they will be "stupid" and have a challenging life in which they are always judged.
I love this site but, MM could have chosen a vast number of words, other than retarded!
Retarded doesn't mean just what you imply! To retard something is to slow it. If the idea is fundamentally retarded, it slows the progress of fundamental intelligence.