plan B

allow me and my angry feminist sensibilities to direct you to this cartoon, brought to my attention over at shakespeare's sister, and exactly how very, very wrong it is:

plan B

in light of all the rampant vag-flashing going on (ahem, britney et al.), etc., it seems like jokes about plan B being another excuse for "drunken whoring" barely seem to be about birth control, and actually seem to be about what happens after plan A just stops working out and "plan B" is judt a better publicity strategy.

in the real, non-drunken whore celebrity world, however, this "blame the victim" discussion is so ridiculous is barely rates talking about. as ss points out, more women are raped in thier homes and by people they know, not while wearing short skirts and walking down the street, or for that matter, even for acting like drunken whores. comparing rape to petty theft is demeaning and absurd, but it does reflect one perception that so many people seem to have- that a woman's body is worth about as much as an ipod or a watch.

it just blows the mind.