Why Men Should Not Have the Right to Vote (Satire)

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I stumbled across a satirical checklist crafted by suffragettes in the year 1915, arguing that men should not be allowed to vote, by reversing common arguments opposing votes for women.

Why Men Should Not Have the Right to Vote (Satire)

Inspired by their genius, especially after having discovered that a surprising number of people in 2016 oppose women's right to vote[1], I figured I'd do the same, updated with the knowledge we have in the 21st century.

[1] https://www.debate.org/opinions/should-women-be-allowed-to-vote

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1. Most men are too irrational and hormonal. Evidence shows that men’s hormones are often to blame for irrational behavior, and possibly even the banking crisis[1].

Even simply thinking about women decreases men’s cognitive functioning[2], but vice versa isn’t true. Even if it was true, the impact would be more influential upon men, because evidence shows that men think about sex about twice as often as women do - 20 times daily in comparison to 10 times daily [3]. Due to their hormonal nature, men are cognitively impaired at least 20 times a day. Add that to the fact that there is so much sexualized imagery of women all over the place! How, then, can men be trusted to make political decisions? They might see a sexualized advertisement of a woman while they travel to the voting booth, and then be pulled into a whirlpool of cognitive impairment!

Furthermore, roughly 70% of men watch porn, in comparison to 30% of women[4], & those men who watch porn watch it at a much higher frequency (often daily) than do the women who watch porn[5]. & “After watching mainstream porn, people are more likely toexpress adversarial beliefs about sex and gender, hold more negative beliefs about sexual harassment, have higher rates of acceptance for interpersonal violence, and are measurably less likely to support policies and programs designed to meet women’s needs.”[6] If men’s views are so easily swayed by hormones rather than logic, how could they be trusted to determine the future of this country?

2. Politicians make decisions regarding the fates of women’s bodies. Politicians have the power to outlaw abortion even in the case of rape or potential death of the mother. Childbirth has a 9% PTSD rate[7], which is comparable to the PTSD rate men obtain from war[8]. Why should men be allowed to vote for politicians who will endanger women’s bodies, but not men’s?

3. Men don’t give birth. Why should men have the right to govern a nation that they didn’t give birth to?

[1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11715789/Does-too-much-testosterone-make-men-behave-irresponsibly.html [2]https://www.mindthesciencegap.org/2012/09/28/just-thinking-about-a-woman-can-make-men-temporarily-stupid-2/ [3]https://www.snopes.com/science/stats/thinksex.asp [4] https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/percent-women-70-percent-men-confess-online-porn-study-article-1.173109 [5]https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/videos/a20835/how-you-watch-porn-survey/ [6]https://www.theestablishment.co/2016/03/29/the-shocking-sexualization-of-female-politicians-in-porn/ [7] https://www.postpartum.net/learn-more/postpartum-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/ [8]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2891773/

In case anyone is oblivious, point #1 was a satirical reversal of the idea that women are too hormonal, irrational, and emotional to vote; point #2 was a reversal of "why should women have the right to vote for politicians who may draft men, but not women, into war?"; and point #3 was a reversal of "why should women have the right to govern a country that they don't fight for?"

Note to mods: GAG insists on putting this under "sexual behavior". If someone could change it to a proper category, that'd be great!

Why Men Should Not Have the Right to Vote (Satire)
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