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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No republicans chiming in about how reasonable this is? No what abouts? Is there actually a policy that is so absurd that no one will defend it? [/quote]
Does it matter? It’ll be some version of that or “it’s only one lawmaker, it doesn’t represent how Republicans feel.”

It’s egregious. Girls normalizing talking about their periods is deeply important. I only have boys and when the eldest was a little embarrassed by his then fifth grade classmates talking about their periods, I told him how important it is that he be aware that’s something that his female classmates are having to deal with and manage and live with. He should be aware of it (and can be supportive of it later when he understands it’s better).

Outlawing talk about periods is [b]shoving women back into the dark ages.[/b][/quote]

This is the real goal. Maybe not the Dark Ages, but the idea of banning the female from public life. And then by extension, making all things female bad, dirty, and not fit for public consumption. It's ancient misogyny for the modern day. I saw a guy on Twitter the other day complaining that women were too scantily clad at the gym. All of this is of a piece to shame women back to where they "belong," under the control of, or as property of, a male.

At this point, they are unable to attack some rights directly (obviously not abortion, and birth control is next) so they are doing an end run. I tend to think it won't be successful, but we're already accepting an awful lot societally so it's hard to say what will be too much.[/quote]

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