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1. False equivalency
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 05:51 AM
Feb 2014

It is the difference between sexuality and reproduction.
The article obviously equates a man having access to boner pills and pumps with a woman having access to contraception and abortion services, and because only one of these (access to reproductive services) provokes a movement to deny or insure access, the OP sees hypocrisy. While provocative, it is a false equivalency.
Let's turn it around.
Suppose a group of people attempted to deny access to skin cancer treatments. Should those who support access to cancer detection services wag their fingers at the members of the opposition group who use Oil of Olay?
It would be silly.
And that is why this particular outrage by some members of the reproductive rights camp does nothing except annoy the opposition and make aging allies in your own camp (such as myself) feel uncomfortable, because we can still have sex on occasion.
The ability to have sex is in a different class than the ability to control the number of offspring, just as the ability to have smooth skin is in a different class than the ability to control cancer.

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False equivalency Android3.14 Feb 2014 #1
Interesting that insurance companies NEVER covered birth control until eridani Feb 2014 #2
The attempts to restrict abortion are heavily based in religion. boston bean Feb 2014 #3
Not what I meant Android3.14 Feb 2014 #4
That was the point. There is no religious oppostion to ED treatments. boston bean Feb 2014 #5
But it isn't a point Android3.14 Feb 2014 #6
Because it exists for one biological sex and not the other is fair game, and a fair equivalency. boston bean Feb 2014 #7
Raised German Catholic Android3.14 Feb 2014 #8
What you are not understanding is that by rigidly controlling women's reproductive rights, Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #10
Part of your statement is true, but not the part that would weaken my argument. Android3.14 Feb 2014 #11
So you you're just here for a laugh? JTFrog Feb 2014 #12
Three people have tried to explain where you are wrong, and yet you still don't get it. Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #13
Unamused Android3.14 Feb 2014 #14
Your words: Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #15
And if I'd said Android3.14 Feb 2014 #16
i guess my argument would be more in tuned to.... viagra and pumps more for medical conditions seabeyond Feb 2014 #17
At last, I see something relevant: Sheldon Cooper Feb 2014 #18
Isn't that the 4th law of posting? JTFrog Feb 2014 #19
lol redqueen Feb 2014 #20
adn i didnt even read his posts but THIS... says who he is and what the fuck his agenda is. seabeyond Feb 2014 #22
you know what. if i am getting what you are saying, i am so damn tired of it. we have one, seabeyond Feb 2014 #21
Yep. Somehow the whole no sex unless it's for procreation rule is just ignored... but redqueen Feb 2014 #9
at least huskster acknowledge the female libido. i give him a huge ass thumbs up for that one. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #23
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