These last couple of weeks we’ve listened to the constant
beat of the poor-me victim drum. Miss Sandra Fluke (pronounced as if the “e”
weren’t there, which is just too ironic to be real) complained about the burden
of having to spend $1000 a year on contraception (when it’s available for $9 a
month just a few blocks from campus and she’s dating a super-rich jet-setter –
go figure). Her testimony –
besides being filled with unsubstantiated statistics -- is confusing.
Let me get this straight: A 30-year-old law student – a
left-wing feminist activist – testified to Congress about how the evil Jesuit
college she attends won’t provide insurance that covers her birth control
expenses. I don’t understand why a college would be responsible for anyone’s
condom needs; I can’t imagine why at Georgetown coed’s efforts at
non-conception are so expensive; and I really can’t fathom what useful
information Fluke could provide for Congress – don’t they have more pressing matters in front of them
than collegiate sex practices?
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The press seemed to believe that she was testifying as to
the dire need for the government to step in – 1st Amendment be
damned – and stop this awful sexual oppression. They used her to demonstrate
that conservatives are more worried about the niceties of our founding
documents than the cruel burdens born by sexually active women; Republicans
are, according to the media, engaged in a War on Women.
There’s a war on women?! Here?? Now??
