I have never seen more references to genitalia on my Facebook feed as I have this week.
No, my friends have not suddenly taken up posting vulgarities or sharing details of their intimate lives on social networking sites.
Instead, they have been discussing the incident in which two female state representatives in Michigan were barred from speaking on the floor of the legislature because comments they made during a debate on abortion restrictions included words that “failed to maintain the decorum of the House of Representatives,” according to a Detroit Free Press report.
“I’m flattered you’re so interested in my vagina,” Rep. Lisa Brown, D-West Bloomfield, is quoted as having said during the debate about abortion laws.
Rep. Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, made reference to vasectomies.