On Mar 3, 10:30 am, Dånk 42Ø <
d...@bud.org> wrote:
> I support the right to birth control and abortion, but...
This screed says it all. Fucking wicked:
http://aworldofprogress.com/blog/2012/when-we-say-they-hate-women-we-mean-they-hate-women/
On top of the baffling assertion that there’s a direct correlation
between the amount of sex you’re having and the price of the birth
control pill (believe me, they charge you the same whether you’re
getting laid or not), you of course have the notion that any woman who
has sex is a “slut” and a “prostitute”. And I mean any. Limbaugh tries
to give himself cover by saying the “taxpayer” would be on the hook,
but in fact, this is about whether or not insurance plans women pay
into should cover their fucking health care. More importantly, the
idea that contraception is health care and not just some per-fuck
admittance fee for sex has long been established. Conservatives are
pretending that Obama is requiring insurance companies to cover
something they’ve never covered before, but in fact, they already
cover it. The only thing that this is about is whether or not that
coverage should be universal and treated like preventive care, which
means offered without a co-pay. For instance, my insurance covers
about 40% of the cost now and will, starting in 2013, cover 100%.
Since 99% of American women have used contraception and since
insurance companies already accept that contraception is a service
that should be covered, Limbaugh basically characterized the 99% of
American women as “sluts” and “prostitutes”. I don’t imagine you get a
pass if you’ve only used condoms, either, because roughly 0% of women
who use only condoms do so out of some noble unwillingness to accept
insurance coverage for their contraception. Additionally, women who
only use condoms still get other kinds of health care related to being
sexual, such as Pap smears and gynecological consultations on their
contraception choices, which, by Limbaugh’s logic, puts them firmly in
the “slut” and “prostitute” category, since insurance covers that
sexuality-related care as well. So I suppose that puts the percentage
of American women who are “sluts” at the level All in his world,
except maybe a handful of lifelong celibates. And he probably has a
few choice, judgmental words for those women, as well.