I'm glad to see that Whatever post is making the rounds. I follow Scalzi on the twitters because I love his books, but I was worried a great post wouldn't have legs just because it was on a sci-fi writer's blog.

"Normal relations" no longer includes anything whatever to do with Republican males.

@2, should we just go ahead and include "Sex while/with a Republican" on the long list of recognized BDSM-subtype kinks?

Or maybe it should go in the DSM-V instead?

I'd put it in the DSM-V, myself. Clearly an indication of serious mental disturbance.

Angry women can stop saying "wow" any time now. And they never should have been saying "wow, just wow" in the first place. Bookmark thesaurus.com, OK?

@5: Don't be a jackass.

If only all GOP males had to undergo catheterization before they could propose or vote on any legislation that has to do with women's health and/or reproduction.... Having a tube inserted into their penis might make those women-hating weenies think again.

@7 That would never work. Any form of mild to severe pain or humiliation given en masse to Republicans in an effort to give them a sense of perspective would fall into fetish territory for at least half of them. Even kicking every Republican governor square in the balls would probably result in about ten requests for another.

All GOP males should undergo catheterization every day, period. After a few weeks of that maybe they'd go hide in a closet where they wouldn't bother anyone.

The funny thing is these guys who came in on the Tea Party wave in 2010 found that fixing the economic problems they were elected to address is pretty dang hard! So they've fallen back on the social issues that most of us have considered settled for decades 'cause that's all they've got.

There's going to be a lot of "one-term conservatives" now that the voters really get what these troglodytes believe "freedom" means.

Chuck Winder was the more progressive candidate that election.

@6

Don't you mean "Wow. Just wow. Don't be a jackass"?

I have been wondering where the doctors stood on this issue, especially after reading that hilarious Doonesbury strip last week. I hope more of them join this doctor's lead and speak up. Maybe they can refuse to comply to rules they deem unethical, harmful or unnecessarily invasive? They are supposed to do no harm, right? At the very least I'd love to see doctors testifying in droves in defense of women's rights.

@12: if I weren't a humorless feminist that would have made me laugh.