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Sexism is alive and well in 2012.
The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country. It’s funny and hormonal and slapstick (American Pie), it’s potentially uncontrollable, maniacal/homicidal (American Psycho), it is adulterous and is insatiable (American Beauty), it is fun and social (American Graffiti) and it is entrepreneurial (American Gigolo). But women? No. NC-17. XXXX. Stop it with the moaning.
—
riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
Funny (read: fucking infuriating) thing about this: where female pleasure is generally a no-no, female pain is often viewed as less extreme. This skewed perception of female sexuality results in “Blue Valentine” being rated NC-17 because a woman is shown enjoying receiving oral sex, while “The Last House on the Left” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” come away with R-ratings, despite both having explicit rape scenes.So not only does our film culture limit female sexuality, but it limits it to the exact opposite of what anyone would hope sexuality to be: dark, shameful, violent, and only ever remotely pleasurable if orchestrated by a man - but never at the expense of the man’s own pleasure.
In “Blue Valentine”, Ryan Gosling gets Michelle Williams off, after all. We don’t see his character orgasm.
And, evidently, that’s far too threatening to the virility of men everywhere.
(via michaelfassbendersteeth)
The girl had no legal access to abortion in Pennsylvania, where her parents must consent. This is the direct consequence of anti-choice zealots: taking away what dignity, respect, and alternatives left were left to a 13 year old who is being controlled, manipulated, and raped by someone more than twice her age. Way to go “pro-lifers”, what an awesome accomplishment: empowering rapists like Michael Lisk over 13 year old girls, leading her to desperately jab herself with a pencil.
What happens when safe abortions are illegal.
Christian “morality” in action.
Oh please. This was a sad part of saving other innocent babies life- the girl was obviously crazy or desperate, and if it was desperation she shouldn’t have had sex anyway- she was 13! If I were to kill somebody or steal something I would have to deal with the consequences too.
I generally don’t reblog these but the last comment, seriously! The girl was raped which means she didn’t consent. She didn’t choose to have sex. Someone took that choice away from her. She shouldn’t have to deal with the consequences of someone elses criminal and immoral actions.
Reblogging for Missi’s comment. I could say more but I’ll spare everyone.
Some say that the United States is the envy of the world, but they couldn’t be more wrong. There is so much that needs to be taken care of here. I’m actually ashamed sometimes.
(Source: pro-abortionorfuckoff)
