![]() Tags: abortion/reproduction, discourse/language, gender, government/the state, inequality, contraception, feminism, fertility, slut-shaming, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2012 Length: 2:44 Access: Hulu Summary: In this clip of Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler's classic sketch called "Really!?! with Seth & Amy," the comedic duo rails against the rash of recent politicos, who seek to restrict the ability of women to control their own fertility. Seth and Amy refer to the hearings held by a House Oversight Committee on religious liberty and insurance coverage for contraception on February 16th. In the hearings, representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) accused Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) of manipulating committee rules to block women from testifying as witnesses. Seth and Amy also mention Foster Friess (a major donor to the super PAC backing Rick Santorum's presidential campaign), who recently joked in an interview on MSNBC about contraception. "Back in my days," Friess remarked, "The gals put [Bayer aspirin] between their knees, and it wasn't that costly." Not mentioned by Seth and Amy is Georgetown law student, Sandra Fluke's recent testimony before Congress in favor of contraceptive coverage. Political commentator, Rush Limbaugh, responded by calling Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute," and he made her the following proposition: "So Miss Fluke, and the rest of you Feminazis, here’s the deal. If we are going to pay for your contraceptives, and thus pay for you to have sex, we want something for it. We want you to post the videos online so we can all watch." These recent news stories, many of which are touched on in Seth and Amy's comedy, illustrate the ambitions of men to continue to exercise power over the reproductive lives of women. In the first congressional hearing, the experiences of women were formally excluded from the congressional record. The remarks from Friess and Limbaugh, in contrast, amount to slut-shaming, which is a discourse that similarly attempts to control women's sexual lives. While the above comedy sketch may not be intellectually rich on its own, it works well as a means of broaching a discussion about why contraception is a feminist issue, and how formally controlling women's sexual behavior through law works in concert with informal controls, such as slut-shaming. Submitted By: Lester Andrist
5 Comments
5/8/2012 10:01:57 am
Politicians - keep your politics out of my healthcare! Really...I mean it! Really!
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Charlotte
12/4/2012 12:13:14 am
The video is only available in the US, is there another link?
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Melanie Jean Garuffi
2/13/2013 04:39:56 am
The arguments posted here only address, in part, what a few attention getting extremists have to say. I offer the viewpoint of the mainstream pro-life community: We simply do not want to pay for the death of any human being, born or pre-born, just conceived, or advanced in years, healthy or unhealthy. Most of us know that God is the Creator and Giver of life. We do what we do to honor Him and we believe in keeping women safe. The number of women coerced or terrorized into abortion is very high, the evidence of the psychological consequences are very often delayed and the harm of not knowing that what is conceived and called a "fetus" is a baby. Fetus is Latin for unborn baby. I am praying for Jesus to show you His love and protection.
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Elyse
5/28/2013 07:31:19 pm
I am not looking for attention, but your comment provoked me to respond. What you are trying to promote is Ignorance. I would love to know what defines a Extremists in your opinion? In my personal opinion you are the perfect example of a Extremists brainwashing as your entire paragraph ( with the exception of your 2nd and last sentences are the only times you are speaking directly. For someone like your self to make such bold statements why are you afraid of standing behind your beliefs and speaking for your self rather than hiding behind words like "We".
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M S
7/9/2018 03:15:08 pm
I don't believe men should have any say in women's reproductive rights in any way. Men don't have to carry the child for 9 months go through torturous labor all the hell women have to endure only to either refuse the child, leave with another woman or make her suffer. Women aren't on this planet to give men children or to take care of them. Men that assume that women shouldn't have any rights reproductive or otherwise need to stay silent. Trump is doing too much damage and sending the United states back to the dark ages. Down with trump down with his egotistical administration down with those that try to control women.
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