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meow2u3

(24,761 posts)
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 10:53 AM Aug 2013

TX Sen. Eddie Lucio Files Bill Requiring Texas Men To Take Three-Hour Masturbation Course Before Sex

Senator Eddie Lucio announced today that he's filing a bill that will require all male Texans to complete a required 3-hour webinar on masturbation techniques before every instance of consensual intercourse in Texas.

The bill -- which is only directed at men, causing some activists to question why no webinar is required for women, should any of them ever be involved in the act of sexual intercourse -- is viewed as the latest effort to create unnecessary barriers between men and their reproductive decisions.

Men's rights advocates argued that men are already well aware of the option of masturbation before they choose to seek a partner, and that this paternalistic legislation is just intended for Lucio to demonstrate that he knows best what men should do with their bodies.

Lucio explained the rationale for his bill in an interview:

Lucio says that his online masturbation class proposal is merely designed to help men make more informed decisions.

"We're not trying to hurt the potential father, we're trying to help the unejaculated be ejaculated," he told the Austin American-Statesman newspaper.

But unplanned ejaculation advocates do not believe the classes would help anyone.

"What I don't like about it is it seems punitive," said Ron Johnson, executive director of the Austin-based nonprofit Ejaculation Alternatives Inc. "It's another hoop for men to jump through when they face an unplanned sexual encounter."

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13892/sen-eddie-lucio-files-bill-requiring-texas-men-to-take-threehour-masturbation-course-before-sex

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TX Sen. Eddie Lucio Files Bill Requiring Texas Men To Take Three-Hour Masturbation Course Before Sex (Original Post) meow2u3 Aug 2013 OP
Included in the 3-hour webinar... KansDem Aug 2013 #1
That's old-school! FiveGoodMen Aug 2013 #11
Well, you've got to hand it to us... KansDem Aug 2013 #14
Please don't mention hands in this thread ... (nt) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2013 #15
Sorry. Did it rub you the wrong way? KansDem Aug 2013 #18
"I have to go. I'm teaching a course in masturbation and if I'm late, they'll start without me." FSogol Aug 2013 #2
Can you take the a shorter version for... mockmonkey Aug 2013 #3
"we're trying to help the unejaculated be ejaculated" dixiegrrrrl Aug 2013 #4
LMFAO! JRLeft Aug 2013 #5
will there be an app? Enrique Aug 2013 #6
will the app need batteries? Coyotl Aug 2013 #10
What the fuck is this shit!? THIS is what they waste taxpayer money on!? Rex Aug 2013 #7
This shit is an Onion-style article jmowreader Aug 2013 #8
I was wondering if this was an onion sytle article. Rex Aug 2013 #9
Ha Ha I fell for it. felix_numinous Aug 2013 #12
What a waste of taxpayer money. Socal31 Aug 2013 #13
And "Ron Johnson" is a good name for that director pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #16
Three hours? Many could ace it in two minutes. Just ask their wives. pinboy3niner Aug 2013 #17

KansDem

(28,498 posts)
1. Included in the 3-hour webinar...
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 11:03 AM
Aug 2013

...will be 2 hours and 55 minutes of excerpts from:

"Deep Throat" (1972)
"New Wave Hookers" (1985)
"The Devil in Miss Jones" (1973)
"Naked Afternoon" (1976)
"Three Daughters" (1986)
"The Opening of Misty Beethoven" (1976)
"Debbie Does Dallas" (1978)
"Flesh Gordon" (1974)
"The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann" (1974)

FSogol

(45,480 posts)
2. "I have to go. I'm teaching a course in masturbation and if I'm late, they'll start without me."
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 11:06 AM
Aug 2013

- Woody Allen

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
7. What the fuck is this shit!? THIS is what they waste taxpayer money on!?
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 01:23 PM
Aug 2013

My state is full of fuckwads.

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)
8. This shit is an Onion-style article
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 01:32 PM
Aug 2013

It's in response to a very real bill coursing through your Lege requiring women to take a three-hour adoption class before having an abortion.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
9. I was wondering if this was an onion sytle article.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 01:34 PM
Aug 2013

My state is soooo fucked up, that is why I believed it. Ya I've read about the Legs work to make women feel guilty about having an abortion...I have a friend currently in this situation right now and I feel for her and what she is about to go through if this bill passes.

Socal31

(2,484 posts)
13. What a waste of taxpayer money.
Tue Aug 6, 2013, 09:05 PM
Aug 2013

Any man here can attest to the fact that we all went through MULTIPLE masturbation..err..."courses"..before a partner even thought about letting us crawl on top of them. (Yes, I am a romantic )

In fact, I would say most men were downright experts in the field by the time they hit 14.

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