Student, Stirrups, & Blowing Coffee

Fantastic, swampy!
Just the reaction I was hoping for.
Now the big let down:

At the, er, climax of our discussion
in WS last night,
I remembered an old argument
& posed it to the class:

Why isn't there an oral contraceptive for men?
To regulate the fertility of their sperm?

We had previously discussed the role of male-dominated
fields of medicine, biology, chemistry, etc.
up until the 60s [when the pill first came into wide use].

So, we theorized that male scientist,
when posed with the task of controlling reproduction,
chose to graph that control onto the female body
rather than their own . . .

Well, J [who is actually quite a sexy, 24 year-old, suck-up]
decided to expand on that argument
and, er, interject
that men needed to feel empowered & virile
at all times.

The predominately female class exploded.
Women need to feel virile as well, d*mnit!

At that point, in an epiphanic moment,
I exclaimed:
"You know what J?
You will never be in stirrups!"

The class roared.

But it's true (unless J's a lot
kinkier than I imagine), because men
dominate the medical practice.

So, on the one hand, with the exception of the condom,
the reproduction responsibility rests on the female.
And in order for her to have access to convenient methods
(ie. the pill, IUDs, diaphragm),
she must be subjected to utter humiliation
in the stirrup position (in most cases).
No wonder young, sexualy active girls
will not go see a GYN!

And men? Hands off my penis!
I had a friend who had a vasectomy several years ago;
he sat in a recyliner in a Dr.'s office!
Can you imagine if men were put in stirrups?

Further, I can only guess where this post has placed your minds,
but I don't want to hear any discussion about how
difficult it can be to access the female reproductive system.
Become inventive!
For instance,
what are those rollie-bench-thingies mechanics use
to look under cars?