"If sex is but a good time, it’s a real insult to not sleep with a man; you are denying himself and yourself a fun, healthy time. If sex is special - if chastity means something more than just a way of life to be shunned - then not having sex with a guy is normal." -- Commenter on an an anti-feminist blog ( Read more... )

That Ohio bill the douchebag Repugnant Senator introduced has 15 co-sponsorsIf you've missed this, Senator Douchebag (aka John Adams) introduced a bill that would require any woman seeking an abortion to get the consent of whichever guy she fucked who happened to leave behind one lucky, fast swimming sperm ( Read more... )

@Slashdod: Amazon Culls "Offensive" Books From Search System

Miracle Jones writes "Amazon has instituted an overnight policy that removes books that may be deemed offensive from their search system, despite the sales rank of the book and also irrespective of any complaints. Bloggers such as Ed Champion are calling for a 'link and book boycott,' ( Read more... )

A comment from "lynette" in Digby's blog on a post about Rick Santelli calling Traders the "New Silent Majority":

After ranting here (sorry) I figured it out: All my life I've been pulling myself up by my bootstraps like a good little soldier and now some wall street fucker I don't even know has stolen my goddam boots.

Jesse at Pandagon has covered part II of the Prager bullshit in a bit more detail.

What if sex with your husband was a job rather than a perk of marriage? Well, then, sex would be a whole different thing. Sex is not a job, it’s not something you’re on call to do - it’s something two people do because they want to. Another way that you know ( Read more... )

And exacerbated by Prager's second parter in his column called "When a Woman Isn't in the Mood."

The headache grew at:

Many contemporary women have an almost exclusively romantic notion of sex: It should always be mutually desired and equally satisfying or one should not engage in it.

Now maybe he just means "mutual desire" in the "we're both ( Read more... )

Garth George: Abortion at the heart of all abuse

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Somali rape victim, 13, stoned to death by dozens of men in front of a stadium full of spectators.

From Jezebel: Your Almost Last Minute Guide to Your States Voter Suppression EffortsCovers: Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia ( Read more... )