PENIS ENVY?

I have heard of the term Penis Envy, but never believed I would be a person who could be defined by such a definition. Penis envy in Freudian psychoanalysis refers to the theorized reaction of a girl during her psychosexual development to the realization that she does not have a penis. Freud considered this realization a defining moment in the development of gender and sexual identity for women. Freud seems to suggest when little girls realize they don't have a penis, the WANT one. In contemporary culture, the term sometimes refers inexactly or metaphorically to women who are presumed to wish they were men.

Envy is defined as a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck. 

According to Freud, the parallel reaction in boys to the realization that girls do not have a penis is castration anxiety. Young boys, it seems, after noticing girls who have no penis, become frightened that theirs will get cut off or taken away.

By Freud's discoveries, NO ONE WANTS A VAGINA. With legislation deciding certain medical treatments women are or are not allowed to have, maybe women will soon not have warm and fuzzy feelings about having a vagina, uterous, and ovaries. Because just like the little boys fearing their penis' will be taken away from them, woman are having their ownership of their sex organs/reproductive organs taken away from them. 

Hey Freud, when women notice men who have penis' can make all the rules, they decide, maybe they should grow "a pair too" so they can make some rules. Now that's real penis envy.

I must admit, it must be great to be a man these days. I mean, how many pieces of legislation have we voted on lately or in the past ten years regarding male reproductive rights. The penis is safely tucked away from the intrusive long arm (hand) of the law. What a peaceful existence. On the other hand the uterus has been in the spotlight forever. Contraceptive, IVF, and abortions, are all in jeapordy these days.

The importance on creating life and not aborting a life are the main reason women's healthcare rights are being mandated by law. Christians support these types of legislation because of their religious beliefs. Of couse we know tthe Bible instructs CHRISTIANS  to get married first and then to have a boat load of children. That is the "be fruitful and multiply part." Don't see a lot of that happening. Maybe because others just want to make sure others are living biblically whether they are Christian or not.

Pro Choice advocates have pointed to the need for abortions for instances of rape, incest, minor children sexually abused, threat of mother's life if pregnancy continues, or abnormalities of the fetus. There has not been any swaying of opinion by those who believe every fertilized egg has a right to form to a full term fetus. 

But statistics don't lie.

STATUTORY RAPE 69% of unmarried adolescent girls became pregnant when their partners were 6 or more years older, 3.7 times the pregnancy rate of those whose partners were no more than two years older (Darroch et al., 1999). According to the Vermont Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 3.5% of girls aged 13–15 reported voluntary sex with adult men (Leitenberg & Saltzman, 2000). The research confirms stereotypes about the risk for teenage girls: that statutory relationships carry higher risks of pregnancy, single-parenthood, and other psychosocial problems. 

RAPE In the United States, significantly more women than men are sexually assaulted. In 2022, about 442,754 women were raped or sexually assaulted in the U.S. - an increase from the previous year. In that same year, 89,053 men were raped or sexually assaulted, also a significant increase compared to the year before. 

INCEST 15% of families have reported having an incest event and 32 million Americans report being a victim of incest.

COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY In 2021, 1,205 women died of maternal causes in the United States compared with 861 in 2020 and 754 in 2019 (2). The maternal mortality rate for 2021 was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with a rate of 23.8 in 2020 and 20.1 in 2019. About 1 in 33 babies (about 3 percent) is born with a birth defect in the United States each year. 

The snide person will say a woman shouldn't be sexually active if she doesn't want to become pregnant. This sounds like genius to me. One problem. SEXUALLY ACTIVE MEN.

IF YOU TAKE AWAY WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, TAKE AWAY THE VIAGRA COMMERCIALS. THEY'RE SELLING LIKE CRACK.

The Woman Who Invented Viagra Posted on March 30, 2011, by IP

Dr. Gill Samuels, director of vascular biology at Pfizer, oversaw the discovery of compounds for reducing hypertension and migraines. More famously, she was part of a team of thousands working at Pfizer that invented Viagra, as she humbly lets everyone know. The discovery, she said, came in 1985 after 13 years of intense teamwork and laboratory experiments. She said: "We were looking at various disorders in vascular contraction when we came across this new class of compound that could relax blood vessels. I have heard people call it a lifestyle drug, but I don't think of it like that. It has caused men to think differently about their health. It has de-stigmatized erectile health and as someone who had to review all the letters of patients, who say, 'It has stopped me killing myself' or 'It has stopped me hitting my wife', that I realize what a good medicine it is," she said.

Since becoming available in 1998, Sildenafil, the chemical name of the little blue pill known as Viagra, has been a leading treatment for erectile dysfunction Its primary competitors on the market are tadalafil (Cialis) and vardenafil (Levitra). It used to be that men had the upper hand when it came to confidence in the bedroom. But health experts say ever-younger men are increasingly turning to Viagra in a bid to keep up with modern women inspired by the strong female characters in films such as Sex and the City, starring Sarah Jessica Parker. Relationship therapists are also seeing a rise in the number of men in their 30s asking about the impotence drug, traditionally prescribed to those more than two decades older.

Sildenafil's popularity with young adults has increased over the years. Sildenafil's trade name "Viagra" is widely recognized in popular culture, and the drug's association with treating erectile dysfunction has led to its recreational use. The reasons behind such use include the belief that the drug increases libido, improves sexual performance, or permanently increases penis size. Studies on the effects of Viagra when used recreationally are limited but suggest that it has little effect when used by those not suffering from erectile dysfunction.

 Abortion has been the lead word to all of the so called 'attacks' on women's rights. It is the life of the unborn child that is what is being defended. It is about murder. Somewhere in this discussion on the sanctity of life; the part of the man has been omitted. Scripture did not let them off of the hook when it came to the integrity of creating life. In chapter 9 of "When Will Eve Be Forgiven?" I look at the value God put on the creation of life:

    The primary purpose of a marriage in biblical times was to produce an heir. Each cycle of stories about the major ancestors shows the common theme of obtaining a male heir for the family and for the covenant with God.

When nature takes its course with women in menopause, childbearing ends. When nature (impotence) takes its course on men, Viagra sells boom. It is good for a man's health to continue to have an erection. Is the intent for the man to continue to be able to engage in sex to fulfill his marital biblical obligation to produce children or solely for pleasure? WHY is PLEASURE healthcare and not the damage rape, incest, maternal death, and congenital deformities not for women?

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