When men agree that they’d rather wear “I support affordable contraception—and I vote” t-shirts than go without, they can celebrate with a little positive reinforcement.
Why?
We don’t need to read Psychology Today to know that “There is a substantial difference, and men have a much stronger sex drive than women.”
Sex drives. Logic moves to the back seat. Still, most heterosexual men, when they think logically, understand that women who are busy with children, or worrying about how to bear and afford children, can’t respond as enthusiastically to amorous overtures.
Add contraception and voilà! Women can relax and enjoy sex more, presumably more often as well. To men, contraception means more nookie.
“Men initiate sex often and refuse it rarely. Women initiate it much more rarely and refuse it much more often than men.” Any man with raging hormones would welcome products that allow his woman to put aside her reservations and refuse sex less.
In fact, with certain exceptions, not to support contraception means either that the man is consistently illogical, or, well, he’s just not that interested in sex. The exceptional man, the one who can validly object to contraception, is the one who commits with his partner to have as many children as possible.
Fine. God bless those couples. May both parents remain healthy as long as it takes to support and raise all those twenty children.
For the rest of us, contraception allows couples to enjoy sex more (women) and thus enjoy more sex (men).
The time has come for men and women to get out of bed and stand together in favor of reproductive choice. Women, having lower libidos, can begin the dialogue.
Woman:
Not tonight, honey. I’m worried about contraception.
Man:
Don’t we have some in the nightstand?
Woman:
Not contraception for us. Contraception for women who can’t afford it. I really don’t think we should have sex until we're comfortable that anyone who wants contraception can get it.
Man:
But, darling!
Woman:
Don’t you agree that if we didn’t have birth control we’d be having less sex?
Man:
Well, yes.
Woman:
So isn’t contraception important to you?
Man:
Well, yes.
Woman:
Good. We’re on the same page. Now we need to show our support for family planning. We need to tell our candidates that it affects our vote. Both of us.
Man:
Sweetie! I’ll get blue—
Woman:
Angel, I know you have your needs. That’s why I bought you this t-shirt.
Man:
How’s a t-shirt going to help me with this—
Woman:
All you have to do is promise me that you’ll wear the shirt outside the house and things can go back to normal.
Man:
It says, ‘I support affordable contraception—and I vote.’ What are the other guys going to think?
Woman:
They’ll think you support contraception and you vote. They’ll think that your sex drive is powerful enough that you’ll even make a statement by wearing the shirt. And they’ll think that you’re actually getting some. This t-shirt shows that you're both logical and lusty, honey.
Man:
Oh, well, when you put it that way…
Woman:
Let’s see how it looks. Oh, wow! That’s hot! Come here, babe!
Who cares if the strike only lasts ten minutes, as long as men wear the t-shirts and show their support for a technology that improves modern life?
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