If I seem a little angrier today than usual (I know, how is that possible, right?) there are, of course, numerous reasons for this, but the chiefest among them, at least today, is the continued indescribable stupidity of homo sapiens.

What do I mean by that? Well I mean the continued inability of the average human to grasp the concept of personal responsibility. Especially with regard to their own bodies.

Monday through Friday on Utah's X96, the Radio From Hell show does a spot called "Boner of the Day," where they run a contest between three news/ish items and the one with the most votes wins the boner award. The idea behind this is to choose the one with the stupidest human (basically. I'm sure the RFH people might word it differently, but ultimately, that's the point).

Today's boners included a story out of Michigan involving the Michigan State House of Representatives Lisa Brown. The boner stems from Rep. Brown's comments in the House leading to her being banned from speaking. What could she have possibly said that could have lead to such drastic measures, you ask? Just this: "I have not asked you to adopt and adhere to my religious beliefs. Why are you asking me to adopt yours?...And finally, Mr. Speaker, I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no.'"

The outrage was apparently the bit about legislating her vagina, but I think the real offense stemmed from her insinuation that the other members of the House (strictly speaking, the men) are in some way raping her by legislating on abortion (seriously, how else do you interpret her last comment??).

My issues with this comment are numerous...where to begin, where to begin...?

Well, we've already begun with her rape insinuations, so let's move on to her apparent lack of anatomical familiarity.

As a woman, she should know the difference between her uterus and her vagina. Anti-abortion legislation isn't targeting her vagina, it's the contents of her uterus. If you're going to argue against abortion restrictions maybe you should consider becoming familiar with the anatomy that is actually involved (yes, the vagina is essentially also involved; however, the baby isn't growing in your vagina - unless you have serious pregnancy-related anatomical issues) because anything less makes you look stupid.

Next, there's the whole concept of "it's my body, I'll do what I want to it."

There is much mixed up in this...first there's the idea that it's your body and the government is trying to regulate it...um, actually, they're not. See, it's not your body they are trying to regulate, it's your behavior. And before you rabid liberal feminazis start screaming about regulating behavior, let me remind you, that the government already regulates behavior. That's right! What do you think they're doing when they make homicide and theft and buying and selling drugs illegal? They're regulating your behavior. Homicide doesn't happen on it's own. Things don't steal themselves, etc.

How is it a behavioral issue, you ask? Well duh! Pregnancy is a consequence of an action, an action is a behavior. Pregnancy doesn't happen in a vacuum, it requires an action to make it happen - and before you rabid liberal atheists bring up Jesus, let me remind you that you don't believe in that, which makes your argument invalid. Don't like the consequence? Then don't perform the action. (And don't start about the victims of rape/incest, either, because those are extenuating circumstances. We're talking about the wholesale use of abortion as a method of birth control here, so your argument is still invalid.) It's as simple as that.

The ideas that women had in the early 20th Century, about becoming equals with men, were essentially good, noble ideas. Unfortunately, in the intervening years, women (not all, just a very vocal few) have taken this to extremes. And they are extremes that cannot possibly continue unchecked. The very idea of equality gets trampled to dust when rabid feminists fail to realize that the "advances" they are seeking are not, as they like to say, a step in the right direction, but rather, a 360° move against what they are really after.

Both sexes must work together, not at odds with one another, if there is to be true equality. And only true equality is a step in the right direction.