On Apr 14, 2011, at 4:19 PM, // ravi wrote:
>> Women also had to deal with pregnancy and lactation.
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>> Of course, there's the envy of multiple orgasms theory of women's oppression too - men just couldn't stand it, so they kept 'em on a short leash.
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> You guys need to start using smileys, however uncool it feels. Srsly. :-)
The first is not a joke at all. I read a whole article on the topic in NLR about 20-25 years ago.
The second is only partly a joke. Men are afraid of the disruptive power of female sexuality. Read George Gilder - he lays it all bare. That, and the homo-anxiety at the core of so much right-wing thought.
Doug