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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTX 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
KansDem
(28,498 posts)...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)
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)We knew what to do without a 3-hour webinar!
muriel_volestrangler
(101,307 posts)KansDem
(28,498 posts)FSogol
(45,480 posts)- Woody Allen
mockmonkey
(2,815 posts)having, as a fetus, masturbated in the womb?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/michael-burgess-fetal-masturbation_n_3466651.html
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I don't even know what he means by that....
Enrique
(27,461 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)My state is full of fuckwads.
jmowreader
(50,555 posts)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)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.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)LOL farce and reality are too close these days!!!
Socal31
(2,484 posts)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.