My God a breast! Anything but that!

Warning! Post about reproductive choice and politics ahead.

So far in 2012 we have seen a plethora of bills aimed at reducing women's control over their own bodies, because we all know regulating uteruses creates jobs. In the wider theme of controlling women and their sexuality, I came across the latest controversy today. The "controversy" is a photo of two active servicewomen breastfeeding in their uniforms. While browsing through the comments and the tweets, the sentiment that this should be done in private because is it offensive was a common one. The reaction leads me to conclude that people are afraid of breasts. One user on HuffPost told me in all capital letters that "women should not be allowed to breastfeed in public". Again, I have to conclude that said user is afraid of breasts. I also found this wonderful piece today. Yep, it seems that the fear of women's bodies and sexuality is running at full capacity today and has been for all of human history. Jezebel has a hilarious as usual take on this. The whole thing is so typical that it hardly counts as news. The fact that we still live in a patriarchal system is demonstrated over and over and over and over again. I could keep going because it's endless but you get my point. Let's wake up and smell the 21st century! Soraya Chemaly had a recent piece that hits the nail on the head.

In related news, today is the 3rd anniversary of Dr. George Tiller's cold-blooded murder. I just love it when people who call themselves "pro-life" demonstrate how much they love life by murdering doctors. By the way, I don't use the term "pro-life" to describe the "anti-choice" crowd (except for just now, but that will be it!). They have demonstrated that they are not deserving of that title.

Man, I can't believe that we are still fighting this. But, as Sara Robinson pointed out in this article, we will still be fighting it for a while.

For now, I am counting my lucky stars that I have access to affordable and reliable contraception.