The recent Texas law against abortions has people outraged, including Bette Midler, who suggested a possible solution to the madness, a sex strike.
In an attempt to get Texas legislators to reverse course, Midler said that women should just stop having sex with them.
Earlier this week, the actress tweeted, “I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed the right to choose by Congress.”
Midler’s proposed sex strike might work since common sense doesn’t. Many people across social media supported her suggestion.
However, others pointed out some of the problems the sex strike may cause. One tweeter doesn’t see the logic in her idea, saying, “It’s all good for Bette Midler, but it doesn’t help anyone in real time. It wouldn’t be addressing the problem nor will it change the issue. Women shouldn’t have to deny their own pleasure for anyone or anything. A woman can have sex while still fighting for her body autonomy.”
And even if Midler wasn’t serious about her sex strike tweet, she is serious on the issue. She recently tweeted, “This isn’t about guns, speech, money or war. It’s about women, their lives, their bodies and their autonomy. That’s what allowed the court to do shoddy work, with careless disregard, because who’s going to stop it?”
She went on to say that this law was passed in the dead of night because they figured no one would stop it and “because they genuinely believe that they’re only women, and they deserve what they get.”
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