Dear Republicans:
You want to make major reproductive decisions for women? What next? Treating cancer? Brain surgery as a hobby?
Dudes, I love you but you are not my doctor. Nor my husband. Nor the father of my child. Nor my father nor brother nor best friend. You don't pay my bills. You are not my doctor.
#YouAreNotMyDoctor
And... Well, I don't want to hurt your feelings or embarrass you, but you don't know shit about women. Or, reproduction. Or, children. Or, science. Or, medicine. Or, psychology. Or... anything but bringing in the bucks.
Dear Republicans:
You men are making major life decisions for women/girls on matters that you know nothing about and have no experience of. We are so accustomed to this that we don't even notice it!
+ Men have never menstruated. Wha?
+ Men have never been pregnant. Really?
+ Men have never given birth. Of course not. This explains a lot.
+ Many men have never had responsibility for a child. As women everywhere know.
+ For centuries, unmarried fatherhood did not disgrace nor even inconvenience men while it ruined a girl's life. Not even inconvenienced.
+ Many/most men have never even read a book about reproduction, pregnancy, or child-birth! Can men read?
+ [Many men have never read a book about female sexual response but that is another story for another day. This is obvious to everyone except men.]
+ I would guess that many men have never visited the doctor with a woman. They are certainly not in the waiting rooms.
+ I would bet that many/most men have never been to the OB/GYN with their partners. Except for the delivery room of course. Are they there willingly?
+ Are there any men who could identify all the "parts" of the reproductive organs on a graphic? Can they identify the parts on a living woman?
+ Are there any men who could name 5 - 10 methods of contraception? I've got money riding on this.
+ Has any man every asked his partner if she uses BC? Has any man ever asked to see the pill pack?
+ How many men always use BC themselves? I heard that there was one in Canton, Ohio but I didn't verify.
+ Could any men name 5 medical conditions that are treated with BC pills? I only got 5. Can you name 5? Nah.
We are so used to this that we don't even question it. This is social/emotional wallpaper. The status quo.
Men and women lead very separate lives and don't even know it.
Women and men who support our rights: "Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." (Frederick Douglass)
May I make some suggestions?
1. Donate to causes that support women's rights:
- Planned Parenthood:
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-involved/other-ways-give
- Naral Pro-Choice America
https://actnow.prochoiceamerica.org/donate/supportnaral/#.XOCA6MhKjIU
- NOW
http://www.nowmadison.org/
2. Educate! Educate! Educate! Everyone around you including the men in your life.
3. Take action in any and every way possible.
- Write the usual letters, yada yada yada
- Protest, march, rally,
4. Enlist your fathers, husbands, BF's, sons, brothers, cousins... in our fight.
Women, let's love ourselves and demand our rights.
Vivian LL
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