Sometimes I come across real gems and this is no exception. On par with being a politician these days Republican Indiana State Rep displays compartmentalized lunacy when he states that Girls Scouts are a radical organization which promotes homosexual lifestyles. Oh, the horror. Lets take this apart just a bit. He and others which share his backwards view aren't all about protecting girls from things they deem harmful. Rather it is the idea of subjugation and control which stems from a more 'traditionalist' mindset of misogyny. It's quite telling that anytime these conservative white old men address anything which has an impact on women that their oppressive views of women, and it some cases down right hatred, are poorly obfuscated in absurd babble. A recent and explosive display of this is occurring with this whole birth control issue. Hiding behind abstrusely contorted interpretations of the first amendment to claim 'religious freedom' being reason enough to deny swaths of women coverage for birth control is a blatantly transparent veneer for what is actually being said: Females, especially young ones, shouldn't fuck without being punished.There are so many things wrong with that kind of view which I may delve into in a later post but for now back to this wingnut.
“Nonetheless, abundant evidence proves that the agenda of Planned Parenthood includes sexualizing young girls through the Girl Scouts, which is quickly becoming a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood,” Morris wrote.
This is crazy deceptive. You see in minds like this guy's even making girls aware of birth control is 'sexualizing' them. In their world its tantamount to telling a room full of preteens "Hey! We can screw all we want with no worries of pregnancy! Lets seduce all the boys!" complete with open windows, knocked over desks, and other clutter which results from everyone leaving the room in a cartoonishly fast manner. This comes as no surprise though. It seems that the conservative stance on sex education, especially towards girls, is to deny knowledge and tell them Jesus died for them and cries every time something enters their hoo-ha. Even overlooking the concept that men essentially own their daughters' cherries, something which also makes me ill, the damage of this mindset of information derailment is obvious to anyone who actually thinks on it and has the relevant data. Children need to be educated in sex and sexuality before they start having sex and not after Jack and Jill find out that the pullout method is woefully inadequate. This falls on willfully deaf ears though because these people want STDs and pregnancy to be lurking around every corner terrifying girls and ready to pounce on them for daring to express themselves sexually. Even showing these people that STD and pregnancy rates per capita are higher in groups of children who are inadequately taught about sex doesn't sway them. Its all 'liberal propaganda' and 'not my child!'.
He continues that the Girl Scouts also let in boys “who decide to claim a ‘transgender’ or cross-dressing life-style” and, in general, promote being gay. “Many parents are abandoning the Girl Scouts because they promote homosexual lifestyles,” Morris said. “In fact, the Girl Scouts education seminar girls are directed to study the example of role models. Of the fifty role models listed, only three have a briefly-mentioned religious background - all the rest are feminists, lesbians, or Communists.”
Communists? Where in the blue hell did that come from? Is this guy stuck in some neomacarthyist conspiracy bubble? Hey buddy, the USSR fell in 1989 and the 'red scare' or what was left of it promptly flew out the window with it. I 'king remember it happening. So only three of the role models have a briefly mentioned religious background. Cry me a river, or better yet use that glob of grey matter stuck between your ears. Here's idea for you: women who have fought and still fight for the rights of women tend to reject the whole monotheist patriarchy you so staunchly favor. It's not our fault your religion doesn't produce good role models for girls, and don't be fooled, when his lot states 'religious' they really mean 'devout Christian'.
If what the Girl Scouts represent is 'radical' then we need more of it in spades. He claims he did some web browsing to find his 'evidence' but I suspect it was limited to the likes of Christian Answers dot net and Fox News rather than finding actual impartial facts and such. People like him don't want young girls growing up thinking its OK to voice their opinion or call someone out for making a sexist joke. In their minds if women exercise control over their reproductive and sex lives the sky will fall. I want the sky to fall...directly onto them. I'm quite fond of the opposite gender to mine and have no problem taking some jerk who won't listen to anyone without a swinging dick and making him listen by dressing him down in front of everyone. Actually, I quite like doing that, :o)
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