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If Texas Republicans really want to reduce abortions... (Original Post) kag Oct 2014 OP
According to the "Malleus Maleficarum", erectile dysfunction stems from a witch's curse. DetlefK Oct 2014 #1
Praise The Lordİ! Guess that applies to vasectomies, too. And then there are... freshwest Oct 2014 #2

DetlefK

(16,455 posts)
1. According to the "Malleus Maleficarum", erectile dysfunction stems from a witch's curse.
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 11:14 AM
Oct 2014

Taking Viagra means DOING GOD'S WORK AND (literally) STANDING UP AGAINST THE FORCES OF DARKNESS!!!!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
2. Praise The Lordİ! Guess that applies to vasectomies, too. And then there are...
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 12:33 PM
Oct 2014

The Wandering Wombs that go and hang out in lakes when no one is looking. Another reason for teh menz to control teh mysterious wimmenz:

The Wandering Womb : A Cultural History of Outrageous Beliefs About Woman

Female anatomy, especially the womb, has for centuries been shrouded in mystery and misunderstanding, defining the social place of women in male dominated cultures. Even with advances in medicine, some in today's society believe they can control women's sexual identity.

The Wandering Womb is a provocative tour through religious, medical, and social histories, pinpointing humorous, outrageous, and hair-raising beliefs, practices, and longstanding falsehoods that permeate human cultures. In Egyptian times, it was believed that the womb was an entity unto itself capable of "wandering" in the body, and also into the world beyond in search of nourishment! This idea, and many others were entwined in medical ignorance and religious superstition, which have often labeled women as incomplete, inferior, imperfect, and even inherently evil.

Sexual myths have viewed menstruation as dirty, designing outrageous rituals around this natural process, from strange diets and prescriptions to mandated isolation and violent practices. Sexuality and desire in women has been viewed as taboo and dangerous, while child rearing is considered the highest calling. In Western history, women's health problems were often written off simply as an "unsatisfied uterus," or "hysteria" of their weak and demon possessed bodies, while physical characteristics were used to label women as witches.

This fascinating, often maddening romp through the bedrooms and birthing rooms of time illustrates why women have been sexually "enslaved," and reminds us that we've come a long way from the mythical virgin birth to women's liberation and beyond.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/1573922641/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=35012767164&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=s&hvrand=13428328478262683615&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4iuijz8lka_b

The first review is also good, but written back in 1999. Some of the nation has regressed thousands of years with the GOP take over of school boards. After all, The Idiocracy© is not without victims and it takes no prisoners.

Just sayin'

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