As someone raised by a single mother, who, once I got my license, often got sent on errands to go buy pads, and who has continued to do so, having been married for over 20 years to a real live woman who's a whole fucking person with bodily functions and everything, I really appreciate the type of masculinity that doesn't wilt in the face of totally normal and necessary sanitary products.

If there's one thing these fascists have made abundantly clear is that they value women primarily for their reproductive systems. And then they are gonna get squeamish about the normal functioning of that reproductive system?

And these are the same people who think you should have no problem seeing some white dude cosplaying in tactical gear carrying around an AR-15 in public.

Fuck these Nazi clowns and their fragile china-doll egos. I don't claim to know what it means to "be a man" but I sure as hell know it doesn't involve making women feel shitty about their bodies and forcing everyone around you to wonder if you're gonna murder them at any given moment.

How about just trying to be a decent human being?

@theropologist

If a period offends men, wait till they hear about shitting.

@Jorsh Well, men shit, so of course that's perfectly normal. Even though it's objectively gross and not normal, and probably the greatest joke God ever played on the human race.
@theropologist @RickiTarr @Jorsh Maybe women should start acting grossed out at the notion of men wanting to put what they pee with inside of women.
@theropologist @Jorsh the horrible irony is that while that may be true, dudes really out there thinking wiping turns you gay 🥲
@ketmorco @Jorsh LMAO. As dumb as these people are, I am constantly amazed at the new depths of dumb they are able to mine.

@theropologist @Jorsh I *used* to be surprised and/or shocked when I heard something like a GOP Vice President nominee had written about making sweet, sweet love to a couch. Or preferring to leave a load in their underpants to simply wiping, out of fear they would... enjoy it too much?

But now it's just one more WTF moment in a constant stream of WTF.

I mean. Bill Clinton got impeached because he "did not have sexual relations with that woman" but the new GOP votes for "Grab 'em by the pussy"

@theropologist @Jorsh at this point I've realized it has nothing to do with morals and everything to do with the desire for power and control, and anything that threatens that is "bad"

Morality is just an excuse.

@ketmorco @Jorsh Morality divorced from its actual effects on human beings is just another form of fascism. What is "good" and what is "bad" is directly correlated to how you treat others.

They taught us that in kindergarten ffs

@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I've seen comments saying that this is basically the definition of "conservative" anywhere.
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh honestly it really feels like fascism is just the extrapolation of narcissistic parental abuse to a larger group of people

@MxVerda @theropologist @Jorsh You're not wrong.

Generally speaking, it's about control and domination.

Fascist politicians or abusive parents want one thing: to be in ultimate power and control over everyone and everything around them.

"Easy!"

@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I can't imagine what they would think of our bidet toilet seat.
@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh I miss the old days when I didn’t know that this was a thing, five minutes ago.

@Twotired @theropologist @Jorsh me too. Me too.

But now that I know it, I have to make sure that other people know it, too 🙃

@ketmorco @theropologist @Jorsh Wow! So stupid! I guess standard digital rectal/ prostate exams/ FIT tests are out then? [Get your cancer screenings folks! If they make you gay, you were always there.]