Thursday, March 22, 2012

            KEEP GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR SEXUAL LIVES

          There is a highly disturbing news item in the March 26 issue of Newsweek magazine involving the sexual activities of men.  A group of female state legislators in Ohio are introducing a bill to control the use of Viagra.  Seems that these good ladies are concerned about the health of older men who seek continued sexual activity.  The bill would limit the use of Viagra until certain medical tests are conducted.
          Men would need a medical doctor’s approval following a series of highly invasive physical examinations including heart stress tests, electrocardiograms, echograms, and cat scans.  The male patients would then be counseled by a psychiatrist who would review the test results with them.  Special counseling would also be provided for those men who would want to ignore the tests.  
           The news article did not mention the role of religion in the bill.    However, my intuition tells me that religion is at the heart of this intrusion into the sex lives of males.  The big question is, will health insurance cover the costs of these expensive tests?  And, can the government force the insurance companies to provide coverage even though it violates basic religious principles of many of those involved?
          Have we reached the point of accepting the sexual concept prescribed by at least one of the Republican presidential candidates?  He insists that sexual activity be limited to purposes of procreation.  According to this guy, sex shouldn’t be for fun!
          Why a bunch of women think they know more about male sexual organs than we do is beyond me.  Obviously, those female legislators were not interested in the male viewpoint.  They claim to be acting on behalf of the health of men – their husbands,  their sons, or their “other partners.”
          None of this applies to those of us who are well beyond the “procreation stage,” and I do not plan to use that little blue pill anytime soon.  But, we men demand the right to be in charge of our own bodies.  I don’t want anyone – government – and particularly women – to attempt to invade my PRIVATE world.
          Hopefully the good lady legislators in Missouri will not emulate their cohorts from Ohio. 
                                               
                                                Carl B. Foster
                                                660-747-3569


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