No Sex Saturdays

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Well, yes, that is a concern, but I would have expected states with more liberal state legislatures would also have more liberal cogressional delegations who would oppose such a bill. Maybe not.

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I’m sure they would, but it’s all about who has the most numbers.

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Or the best gerrymandering (in the House) or accidental gerrymandering (in the Senate and Electoral College), since winning with fewer popular votes than another party is possible and has occurred in the recent past.

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I think a national sick out day would be one idea. Both women and men. I know with the way things are, that could be difficult for some.

I have gotten some comfort from hearing about DH’s coworkers, all men, who are gutted and furious over this.

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Are we working on comforting ourselves - or those that are in desperate need of support?

I don’t know, but I don’t think the OP intended to have no sex Saturdays to take a stand with legislators? Go vote, advocate for those who share a view you do but as “everyday people” think of “everyday things” you can do to help those who are affected now or in the not too distant future.

Also politics just gets a thread shut down. :slight_smile:

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Vote. Vote. Vote.

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It’s Plan B pills. Plan C is an education effort. And I think abstinence is pretty much what pro-lifers would readily agree to as the best form of contraception.

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I always wonder about these single-day strike initiatives, which are more commonly economic (shopping “blackout” days and so on). If we’re just rescheduling the same spending (and etc.), does all the fanfare really make that much difference?

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Isn’t one kind of “plan B” pill (levonorgestrel, which inhibits ovulation and can be used as an emergency contraceptive after sex) already available OTC?

Perhaps @roycroftmom means something like mifepristone / RU-486 which induces abortions when referring to “plan C” pills.

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That would definitely be a very private form of protest. I’m not sure what one would expect the outcome to be beyond its impact to you and your partner. I don’t think it’s a means of activism that will be effective at changing individual states’ abortion laws.

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Yes, @ucbalumnus, plan C refers to the RU 486 pills.

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I somewhat sarcastically posted a similar idea in the Say It Here thread. For me the point is to acknowledge that men still have a disproportionate level of power in our culture and to bring not just awareness to them, but more importantly, pressure them to ACT.

There is no excuse for men expecting women to bear the all the responsibility of protecting their privacy and their rights again OR for women to accept that they are (essentially) in this alone, again.

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Probably best for women to only sleep with financially well off men, those who can pay healthy amounts of child support for 18 years (plus college) after the women is forced to bear a child after accidentally getting pregnant. It takes two.

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So just continue the cultural norm?

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Not being female so maybe i’m speaking out of turn, but I believe contraception is used for far more than preventing pregnancy. I try to stay out of those talks with my daughter - but i think girls go on the pill to regulate certain things or as a preventative for some other issues - cysts, etc. that i’ve heard around the house.

So if they ban contraception, beyond the obviousl it could have deeper implications. Or am i missing something - yep, i’m the clueless guy - who’s already having no sex saturdays :slight_smile:

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I think it’s incorrect to say women only have sex with financially well off men. Most high schoolers and college students I know are NOT well off, no matter their gender.

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This is correct and I have not heard/read any thoughts on BC used for period management.

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It was a joke. Calm down people.

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You are correct. Most girls go on the pill because of a variety of period related issues. After 30 I had issues but didn’t want to be on the pill any more. I had a procedure done in which I had to sign a paper that I would abort any pregnancy because it would be dangerous for me to carry. By that time, I was done having kids and DH took care of things.

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Many women use the pill in a way so as to not menstruate, by skipping the week of inert pills and starting a new 3 week regimen of the active ingredient pills.

Women with a Nexplanon implant, which lasts for about 3 years, don’t menstruate either, which partially explains its popularity. No pills to forget to take either.

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