Republicans have cared little for women and rejected any notions of their sexual independence as if it were either a myth or liberal propaganda. They have been hostile to women for so long that it astonishes me how they still garner support from any American women. And Amanda Marcotte's essay further underscores that point. In essence, Republicans have overstepped their boundaries and risked support from the women in their group with the contraception (non) controversy. Seems they forgot that even the professional and educated women in their ranks also have sex and just might be offended by the Limbaugh-like attacks coming out of the GOP. In the past, Republicans used code words to ensure that their sexist insults only targeted poor or minority women. And they got a bit too comfortable doing it because they have been getting away with it for so long.
This is my favorite quote of Marcotte's piece because it speaks to the larger more uncomfortable truth about women and sex in America:
"Americans are still uptight about poor women having sex, teenage girls having sex, queer women having sex, and women who openly reject the path to marriage and motherhood having sex, but they're just fine with the Sandra Flukes of the world having sex." - Amanda Marcotte
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