They really will give a Ph.D. to anyone with the time and money. this Professor of English and Women's Studies (always a deadly combination) wrote an article for Planned Parenthood called A New Solution to Unplanned Pregnancy which you can read at www.plannedparenthood.org/articles/solution.html. The article is listed as satire, but what is meant by "satire" seems to be "regrettably, no one is likely to take this seriously, but I really wish someone would". Here is a choice slice of her rant:
"The solution I offer you here is universal vasectomies. The American male will have his tubes tied at the earliest opportunity to ensure that he is never the unwitting cause of an unintended pregnancy. He, and all his boyhood friends, will reserve a sufficient number of sperm in one of many national sperm banks to allow for future fertilization, if children are desired.
Boys would finally have a major rite of passage to signal their entrance into manhood that would rival the onset of female menstruation. Think of the possibilities for ritual/consumer celebrations with which our culture could mark the occasion of that first visit to the sperm bank!
By eliminating unplanned and unwanted pregnancies, we would also go a long way toward reducing the need for abortion — the supposed goal of the anti-choice forces [that's us! --eds.]. But something tells me, though, that these fanatics aren't likely to accept my solution."
Forced universal sterilization of children so that sex and procreation can forever be separate. Remember: we are the fanatics.
Christian Goth
I'm sure all of you are familiar with the sort of teenager who dresses in black clothes, wears white make-up with black lipstick and sports fishnet stockings on their arms. At every high school in North America there are at least a dozen of them. Many of them are depressed, angry, or at very least filled with that angsty, rebellious teenage spirit so common in youth. Most of them are poster children for a generation that is on its spiritual deathbed. Some are Christian. At www.christiangoth.com you will find a group of young people who have taken all of their angst and channeled it into being some of the most zealous disciples of Christ around. They haven't taken off their black clothes or their makeup, but rather than being people with one foot in two worlds, they have taken the existentialist and self-destructive philosophy of the Goth movement and turned it into a Christian spirituality that focuses on death to self, authenticity and an acute awareness of one's own bodily mortality. A large part of their ministry is to bring the Gospel to other Goths. As near as I can tell, none of them are Catholic, but I suspect its only a matter of time. Their spirituality is closer to Medieval Catholicism than to modern Protestantism and besides, what Goth could resist a dark Cathedral full of thick heady incense, hundreds of candles and the chanting of darkly robed monks?
Lilith
According to feminist mythology (and certain music concert organizers supported by Planned Parenthood) Lilith was the first wife of Adam. She was created as Adam was, from the earth, but naturally Adam, being a man, insisted that he must have dominion over her (especially sexual dominion) and so she ran away and refused to submit to him. She is seen as a patroness of feminists everywhere, as the proto-typical liberated woman. In the more imaginative versions she and Eve become lesbian lovers, presumably establishing the real norm of female happiness in doing so. It is claimed that this story was left out of the Bible either out of ignorance or a desire to cover up the uncomfortable truth. It is interesting, however, to examine the older data on this demoness – for so she is universally acclaimed by the earliest sources. Her name appears in Isaiah as a symbol of destruction. This is consistent with all early references, both in Jewish writings and the writings of other contemporary cultures. She is almost always called a demon or evil spirit, she is called a murderess, and most references to her appear in inscriptions or prayers designed to protect oneself from her. The earliest known source of a myth resembling that of the feminists appears in the 12th or 13th century, only the myth adds a couple of interesting details. First, the issue of dominance is specifically sexual – apparently the myth arose as a sort of cautionary morality tale against sexually dominant women. Secondly, when she refuses to return to Adam she gains her freedom at the cost of the lives of 100 of her children per day, and she becomes a demoness who brings sickness to newborn infants. The parallel is clear – how many children die to abortion and contraception in order that the feminists may gain their freedom, and especially their sexual freedom? Isn’t it interesting that they chose for themselves the demon most likely to be their real patroness…