Wake Up Women! The Republicans Want You Barefoot and Pregnant

If men weren't in charge of or involved in making these decisions at all, if men weren't writing legislatio­n to defund Planned Parenthood­, teaching metaphors like this wouldn't be necessary -- Women could bypass men entirely and not bother trying to explain it.

But men are inserting themselves into this decision, so Maddow's talking in terms that men understand­, that men appreciate­.  

FWIW, men take care of their cars better than they take care of themselves­, their own bodies.  

Within families, it's women who make the healthcare decisions for the family, and most of the decisions, in general, for the family.  It's women who purchase the health insurance, for example.  If Dad takes the baby to get a new pair of shoes, it's because Mom has determined that the baby has outgrown the old ones and told Dad to do it.  The old joke between men is that their wives make all of the little decisions (when to replace the refrigerat­or, etc.) and men make all of the big decisions (about world peace, etc.).

FYI: During WWII, in concentrat­ion camps, women (those who made it past the selections­) survived in greater numbers than men.  That was due to the skills and their role as the family's 'organizer­' pre-war.  Women tended to be multi-ling­ual and bartered better (from their skills acquiring food from town square markets pre-war) and then back in the barracks they pooled resources, whatever they managed to scrounge around the camps and shared more nutritious meals that kept them healthier.  Their propensity for better hygiene was also another factor in keeping themselves healthier than their male counterpar­ts.  Men in concentrat­ion camps were generally loners and that didn't put them in good stead for survival.
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