So, with the advent of anti-abortion laws designed to get Roe v. Wade back to SCOTUS and repealed (Alabama being the shining example here), I know the common sentiment is that the evil men want to control womens’ bodies because, you know, men. I foolishly responded to one such Twitter meme (been mostly avoiding the Twitter these days, but sometimes I just can’t help myself) with nothing but a photo of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who gleefully signed the bill into law, and the response I got was “is that a woman.” Which I thought was rather sexist and demeaning, but since it came from a female I felt it best to just continue ignoring Twitter again. Anyhow, in case the suspense is getting to you, yes, Ivey is indeed a woman (I mean, I haven’t checked or anything, but I’m pretty sure).

But, anyhow, if you’re somebody who thinks this issue is simply about women seeking to overcome the patriarchy, you should think again. Polls like this one show that two-thirds of ALL Americans want Roe to stand. And that includes roughly equal numbers of men and women (65% of the boys and 68% of the gals, which is statistically a dead heat). And since support is close to 3/4 for women 18-44, I’d say if you’ve got a problem, it’s with the old broads (such as, I would point out, Kay Ivey).

Of course this isn’t anything new. I believe it was Gloria Steinem who utter the much-repeated old chestnut (Thom Hartmann loves this one) that “if men got pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament!” despite the fact that every poll I’ve ever seen has men and women basically even on support of a woman’s right to choose. I mean, in modern times, anyway.

The fact is, this isn’t the boys vs. the girls. This is a bunch of greedy, conniving, lying, hypocritical politicians (mostly, but not exclusively, Republicans, of course) who figured out they can con a gullible (though substantial) minority of religious morons into thinking there’s only one issue worth voting for (and donating campaign money to – duly laundered through the nearest mega-church, which takes its cut and passes the rest along), so they can enrich themselves. After all, these pious politicians and church leaders need that money to pay for abortions for their mistresses and family members.

So the Fox News crowd clutches their pearls (and their rosaries) and dutifully sign their social security checks over to Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson, Franklin Graham, and that most pious of the pious, chosen-by-God President, Donald Trump and drag their asses out to the polls while “liberals” squabble over who the purest one of all is while not actually doing anything.

So, you know, you can keep on framing this as the evil men vs. the women if you want, but I think it just makes it easier for the real perps to keep the focus off of them. ‘Cuz – at least on this one – it’s not man v. woman, it’s the majority of US versus a minority of THEM.

But I probably just don’t get it.