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52. I understand. I hope we will all do what we can to help

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Sun May 22, 2022, 06:06 PM

May 2022

Democrats win elections. That's our best hope.

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Back to the 50s - Don't Want Pregnancy? Don't Have Sex. [View all] MineralMan May 2022 OP

A couple can have plenty of fun in the bedroom w/o ever risking pregnancy Hugh_Lebowski May 2022 #1

Baaaahahahaaaaaaaaaa 👏😂 electric_blue68 May 2022 #13

Teens figured that out back then, too. MineralMan May 2022 #19

K&R, MAGA doesn't like sex with adult humans. They'll say they do but doctrine says they don't. uponit7771 May 2022 #2

Ah, yes, back to my teen years when girls who got pregnant had to quit school and Arkansas Granny May 2022 #3

Yes. MineralMan May 2022 #4

Sounds like my high school years. paleotn May 2022 #27

To Christo Fascists, lust is a sin. Basic LA May 2022 #5

Only for women, though. They think sex is a right for men. MineralMan May 2022 #9

Correct. Basic LA May 2022 #36

... in others. Beartracks May 2022 #37

Sex Strike!!! Stallion May 2022 #6

But the right-wingers will simple insist on sex. If you don't comply, MineralMan May 2022 #10

that is scary bdamomma May 2022 #57

"Sex strike" is a sexist concept that requires the belief women don't enjoy sex. Oneironaut May 2022 #33

You're right ... it's totally sexist Hugh_Lebowski May 2022 #46

The GQP states are trying to "out regulate" each other. It's only a matter of time until it's Vinca May 2022 #7

But, the men who advocate this demand to be free to have sex anytime. MineralMan May 2022 #15

There is a series on hulu cksmithy May 2022 #41

Well, I'm less than a month from being 77, so I grew up in the 50s, MineralMan May 2022 #42

I am terrified cksmithy May 2022 #51

I understand. I hope we will all do what we can to help MineralMan May 2022 #52

But but but RAPE Lettuce Be May 2022 #8

Yes. Well, see, for the men who are advocating this, MineralMan May 2022 #11

Rape is about violence. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #47

AND Jilly_in_VA May 2022 #12

None of that matters to those who are advocating the end of MineralMan May 2022 #14

I fear for all our younger women, and I do at times feel... electric_blue68 May 2022 #16

I agree. MineralMan May 2022 #17

So unfortunately yes.... electric_blue68 May 2022 #20

Because we missed our chance in 2016. MineralMan May 2022 #22

I don't think I knew anyone who was going to vote third party... electric_blue68 May 2022 #28

Sadly, I do know several people, all millennials, who voted for Stein. MineralMan May 2022 #38

Oh, I know it did! 😑🤬🤬🤬🤬 electric_blue68 May 2022 #49

do third party candidates have high support in the upper midwest? pstokely May 2022 #54

I wouldn't say "high" support, but some voted for Stein in 2016. MineralMan May 2022 #56

I did, and I am rather bitter about it. People I thought knew better, who *should* have known better Hekate May 2022 #44

I always feel hatred for these Fascists. Oneironaut May 2022 #34

Let's go back to year 0 IronLionZion May 2022 #18

oy housecat May 2022 #26

vey IronLionZion May 2022 #40

gevalt! MineralMan May 2022 #48

Nitpick, but there never was a year 0 Wednesdays May 2022 #29

I also abstained from having all sexual activity that could.......... KS Toronado May 2022 #21

Sure. Lots of kids didn't listen to their dads, though. MineralMan May 2022 #23

Over the years Mr. Evil May 2022 #24

Make men pay child support housecat May 2022 #25

yep or send them to JAIL Captain Zero May 2022 #55

How far would you take it? The Grand Illuminist May 2022 #30

Recommended. H2O Man May 2022 #31

One of Alito's sources, Sir Matthew Hale wrote... paleotn May 2022 #32

Just wait DownriverDem May 2022 #35

... or "went to visit an out-of-state aunt." Beartracks May 2022 #39

Or died from an illegal abortion done in unsanitary conditions. MineralMan May 2022 #43

A bit younger than you, & I remember it well. KnR Hekate May 2022 #45

You are a unique sort. KentuckyWoman May 2022 #50

Not really. I just recognized what becoming a father at 16 would mean. MineralMan May 2022 #53

Here is another way: Samrob May 2022 #58

You forgot to mention your stepfather or stepbrother. MineralMan May 2022 #59