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This was originally posted on this blog on November 13, 2018.
Sex is a Dirty Word
You may have already heard that there is a proposal being floated at the U.S. State Department that could prohibit American diplomats from using the phrases “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education.”
Instead of “sexual and reproductive health” and “comprehensive sexuality education,” the proposal is that U.S. officials would be instructed to use phrases like “reproduction and the related health services” in official communications.
This proposal is being pushed by a handful of conservative political appointees at the State Department and other agencies. Abandoning the use of the word “sex” would be a symbolic move that aligns with other Trump administration efforts to reduce both funding and focus on women’s reproductive issues — especially anything related to abortion.
The problem appears to be that saying “sex” makes Trump’s far-right Republican supporters feel all sad and uncomfortable inside.
I guess that for the 2020 election, Trump is going to change his #MAGA hashtag to #MAPA, for Make America Puritan Again.
This, That, and the Other 
Oh my. One more ridiculous happening since 2016.
My contribution trending toward the culinary 🙂
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The master of mash! Excellent.
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Thanks 🙂
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This is such familiar territory. Our politicians want sex education removed from syllabus because… hold your breath, it will make people more promiscuous. Is it any wonder then that we have people like the judge who declared that the peahen reproduces by drinking the tears of the celibate peacock? *eyeroll*
Here’s my contribution: https://shailsnest.com/2014/11/13/luci-to-the-rescue/
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Good one: the contrast between trump’s history , Pence’s Mommy fixation, and what you rightly call Puritanism is astounding—and we are well rid of the whole weird mess.
Here’s my story of hope:
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Yeah, and reproduction and the related health services being preferred terminology in official communications doesn’t pan out in what they want to do about policy (isn’t consistent with trying to do in Obamacare (the ACA, including Kentucky Care or whatever they call it, which the people like but don’t understand is Obamacare).
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You inspired me to do a Flashback, though I didn’t get to it until Saturday. Hope it still counts: https://kajmeister.com/calling-out-for-light-in-the-darkness-a-repost
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Yes, most definitely still counts! 👍
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