Promiscuity and Name Calling

My goodness

we really have entered the playground edition of Decision 2012

haven't we?

all the name-calling really must stop

I understand that the religious right wants to make a case
that sexual promiscuity has toppled American society

that we have brought the country to its knees through
with the power of the vagina

and there can be a case made for that

that children were better off being raised by two parents
that divorce is destroying the family

that civil rights
led to women's rights
led to gay rights

so we should not have tampered with that
because weren't we all better off when everyone knew their place?

that the world was blissfully happy
in the 50's
before we women ruined it all

with our promiscuity
because clearly we're luring men astray with our lascivious ways

we were all better off before
women became more independent
made it more possible for them to exit
horrible marriages
increases the rate of divorce
and therefore the rate of single families

introducing the idea to men
that it's ok to take no responsibility
for their children
and leave their families to fend for themselves

introducing the idea to men
that it's ok
to father children they don't
plan to raise

yes

one can make an argument for it

but we're not making arguments about sociology on the other side of the aisle

are we

no

we're name calling

SLUT

if you believe that I am the cause of the downfall of western civilization

argue your case

BRING IT

I'm happy to debate it with you
civilly

which by the way

was what Sandra Fluke was meant to do
provide another side of the argument

but when you disparage
when you throw mud
when you name call

when you SILENCE us

you demonstrate that you do not have
a logical argument
that you do not have
anything
other

than you loathing
for me
as a woman

so know this

when you call us names
when you drag us through the mud?

I will smile a smug smile

knowing

that you have nothing
else
on your side of the argument.