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Women's health, preventative care, Komen... all of it
I'm ready to scream!!
Congressional panels on birth control that have no women in attendance.
UNBELIEVABLE!!
I'm fuming mad, so I may jump around with the points I want to make.
THEY ACT LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE MOTHERS, WIVES, SISTERS, AND DAUGHTERS!!
And wouldn't they trust their own loved ones to make their own choices?
My pursuit of happiness includes being able to make my own medical decisions.
I have decent health insurance, but I was really surprised to see how expensive prescription birth control is. I use condoms, and I get paid back from my flex spending. I would do the same with the pill, or whatever. But it IS expensive.
We have all this science and medicine, and the conservatives want to take away our access to it.
Here in California, I see commercials for different types of birth control, and they want to take away my choice, and leave me nothing.
There are lots of women who need birth control for other medical conditions, and they want to outlaw that. The productive living human is more important than the fetus.
Preventative care means keeping people healthy. Since pregnancy is a condition that can change a woman's health and life, not getting pregnant IS preventative.
Less accidental pregnancies means less abortions, and that has to be a good thing.
That most of the new rules in the Affordable Care Act have already been in place in over half the states in our union just shows that this is good practice.
You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
As far as Komen...
I will never understand women who are against choice, against safe legal medical procedures.
They only give a fraction of their money to research. Most of what they do is keep their name in the news.
Then there's the new Virginia legislation that's about to be signed by the Governor. The link says it all.
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/02/virginia_ultrasound_law_women_who_want_an_abortion_will_be_forcibly_penetrated_for_no_medical_reason.html
Please follow this link to send a letter to your Congress person, to support the women in your lives.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Lastly, kudos to our lawmakers that stayed strong and WALKED OUT of today's session! (in the link below)
Website: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/16/1065
OMG... so unnecessary
First of all, every child should be a wanted child.
And if you're not ready to be a parent, use birth control. It's not that difficult. As a matter of fact, back in the day, "safe sex" meant not getting pregnant.
Personally, I somehow made it through 30 years of sexual activity with only one pregnancy and one child. Yeah, I'm proud of that.
So along comes someone famous (possibly even a role model...SHUDDER!) on how she got pregnant:
"This probably sounds so dumb, but there's so many times I'll forget to take my pill and I don't think it's that big of a deal. It's just so stupid," she admitted.
Yes, she openly stated that her pregnancy was an accident, that she couldn't remember to take her daily pill. You know, the pill that they tell you to take at the same time every day, to help you remember to take it.
So when her son, Mason, gets older, he'll be able to Google all kinds of idiot things his mother and her trashy sisters have said over the years.
It's no surprise that her first video blog is all about fashion, toddler fashion specifically, and dressing up her little boy.
I wouldn't give up on Dr. Spock just yet.
Website: http://www.eonline.com/news/Kourtneys_Mommy_B
Irony
I'm not one for shying away from tough stuff, so I have to mention it.
I'm sure we all heard about Sasha Grey reading to elementary school kids.
At least she knows how to dress appropriately for her audience.
Not like the other gal.
Which one looks like a porn star (or more accurately... a "dumb ho") to you?
(One's in the picture. One's in the link.)
Speaking of dumb ho's... 72 days of marriage isn't exactly "leading by example" either.
And I know Katy's dress did have fabric, but it was sheer fabric where you can still see her boobs.
And of the parents who complained about Sasha, I'm sure the kids would love to have any one of them take time out of their day to come read.
JUST SAYIN...
Website: http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/
Not-so-Happy Valley
If it takes a village, this village failed.
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
And so many people did nothing here.
First of all, I have to say that I'm absolutely stunned that there isn't a national standard for reporting child abuse.
I can't believe that a human with a heart that beats can choose to NOT report it, or to only report to their supervisor. I can't believe that anyone could witness those acts and not go to the police. If I saw those acts being committed, I'm pretty sure that I, as a grown up, would do the right thing.
I'm stunned that so many people never thought about these kids, only their jobs, and the school's reputation.
Would it have mattered if they were girls instead of boys? I don't think so. It's pretty appalling either way.
That a grown man can accidentally stumble upon another grown man having anal sex with a child, and not say, "Hey, what are you doing?" astounds me. That he didn't immediately call campus security is ludicrous. So many people could have stepped in at any point through the years. McQueary, you dropped the ball. How do you sleep? The janitor, his supervisor, other janitors on that shift... none of them called. I'm not a lawyer, but isn't that criminal negligence? Isn't that child endangerment?
We have a guy with power and standing and reputation, and when he's not coaching, his charity is all about helping at-risk kids. What a coincidence. He had the cream of the crop!! He had young boys needing someone to look up to, and he chose the ones that were weak enough to not speak up. He took their trust and shattered it. He was the trusted adult and he took advantage of it.
And then McQueary took what he saw to Paterno, another trusted adult, and he did nothing. How do any of these people live with themselves?
There was a police investigation in 1998, but the DA chose not to file charges. WTF??!!
I AM SOOO DISGUSTED BY THIS!!! GRRRRRR!!!!
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It's funny how my blog, now that I'm retired, has become a soapbox against bad behavior and epic-fail parenting. (You can imagine how I feel about Casey Anthony. And Courtney Stoddard's parents.)
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I can't help but remember my husband's behavior in the early stages of our divorce. He wanted to tell a bunch of adults that didn't need to know that I was escorting, because, of course, it's the worst thing in the world to be a prostitute. The fact that I went out with his knowledge, in an honest business transaction between consenting adults, and brought the money home to pay our family's rent, bills, groceries, I'm sure would never have been part of the conversation. I brought companionship, comfort, and the most intimate joy possible to willing adults. There was no coercion, no broken trust.
I can't imagine coming on to my son's friends. EWWWW!!!
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And then Ashton Kutcher, of "Real men don't buy little girls" fame, was too blinded by football to notice that young boys were being abused.
Child abuse is child abuse. It doesn't matter who does it or who they do it to. If it's an adult having sex with a minor, it's wrong.
The fact that I can Google "baby rape" and "child rape" and get hits on real news stories just makes me cry. It tears my heart out.
Our world is so fucked!
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I get some solace in the thought that Jerry Sandusky's penis is probably no bigger than the boys he defiled, and that there will probably be some justice when he goes to jail.
My heart goes out to these boys, and to all the kids that don't get to be kids.
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"Teaching kids to stay out of strangers' cars is a breeze compared to dealing with the sobering statistic that 80 percent of sexually abused children are abused by people they know and trust: relatives, neighbors, coaches, clergy, and other respected adults."
http://www.uscatholic.org/life/2010/05/how-protect-our-children-sexual-abuse
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http://www.nst.com.my/local/general/raped-by-kids-1.4204
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/09/ashley-jessup-rape-son-10-month-old-baby_n_956125.html
Website: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/sex
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