Mission Aborted
Texas approved new laws this month that mandate women who undergo abortions to have a burial or cremation for the aborted fetal tissue, instead of being donated for science purposes, or sent to a sanitary landfill. Although pro-choice rights groups have already filed a lawsuit with the state of Texas, Texas is not the first state to require women to have a burial or cremation for their aborted fetal tissue; vice President-elect Mike Pence already put this rule into effect in Indiana last year. According to CNN, "Supporters say its purpose is to provide dignity for 'unborn infants.'" Though opponents of this rule argue that Mike Pence is an unborn infant whose soul was cremated earlier this year, and he still has no dignity.
A number of women who have experienced sexual assault and rape have reportedly felt more withdrawn and less interested in sex as a consequence of this year's election. Said one woman named Ali interviewed for the Huffington Post, "[Trump's victory] resurfaced a lot of past trauma that I had experienced about seven years ago when I was sexually assaulted." Another woman told Huff Post about her relationship; "Since Trump's comment [about pussy grabbing], we've only had sex a couple of times." This problem had apparently fueled Trump's initial discarded campaign slogan- "Making vaginas dry since America was great again."
Half-night stands are on the rise, especially among professional millennials. A half-night is when two people hook up, and the guest mutually leaves after sex, as opposed to staying the night. Tammy Nelson, a psychologist and author of The New Monogamy, suggests that the reason behind this trend could be that "women are expressing more sexual agency." Others believe that women don't want to stay the night because that guy had a bowl of pasta on his nightstand that was growing a cloud of mold spores larger than a grapefruit.
A recently published study through Concordia Research in the Socioaffective Neuroscience and Psychology Journal found that the female orgasm is entirely different from the male orgasm, and has the potential to be far more complicated and intense, as opposed to prior belief. The study found that though every woman and every situation affects the type and level of intensity of a woman's orgasm, if you lick her neck, her back, her pussy AND her crack, then she'll bust all over your face and stuff.
Though Texas just released a state-mandated booklet claiming women often become depressed and suicidal after they receive abortions, the journal JAMA Psychiatry recently found this to be completely false. Their 5-year study found that women who had undergone abortions were not at any greater risk of developing depression or anxiety. The study also found, contrarily, that women who were denied abortion access were at greater risk for depression, diminished self-esteem, and anxiety. Another study through the Guttmacher Institute has found an increase in depression and anxiety among educated women after reading these fucking news articles.