Enough of the "Hormones" Already! Let's Have Some Predictability in Government!!

The question of the day comes from PUMA for Life: Are "Menopausal" Men Fit To Hold Office?

Of course, men don't really have menopause, or menarche or menses. But they still have hormone shifts as they age. And on a daily basis for that matter. As their testosterone levels rise, and then drop off ... according to diurnal and life cycles... can they be trusted to make weighty decisions?

Some time back, I argued that we have enough of these kinds of hormones on the bench already. Now I'd like to extend the argument to include the Senate, the House and State Governorships.

The fact is.... women are safer, where hormonal fluctuations are concerned. For any number of reasons. First of all... the average age of menarche is quite early these days. Some researchers suggest it's as early as *nine* years of age. By the time most young women enter high school, therefore, they have already learned how to deal with their periods.

Puberty for young men hits much later. Usually while they are *entering high school.* Being in high school means that they are too busy to devote the necessary time to, you know, "mapping one's cycles." Men never learn important lessons like "at this time of the month, I should refrain from selling the kids." (Or.... running off to Argentina....)

A second point that can be made about the safer nature of female hormones is, menopause tends to happen later in life, and be less protracted, than it's male counterpart... the "mid-life crisis." Plus... there are *drugs* women can take for a few years, to keep them from having hot flashes during an important Senate hearing or something.

Men don't have those kinds of luxuries. They can be having a "mid-life crisis" for years. Some of them even have serial "crises." And there's not one dang thing they can do about 'em. Except ask God's forgiveness AFTER THE FACT. Ask 'em. They'll all tell you the exact same story.... "I am soooo sorry for what I did to my wife and kids, I just couldn't help it...."

One final point I'd like to make is this. Even *if* a woman does have a runaway surge of estrogen or progesterone during a congressional session .... no harm done! Her milk will let down, and her shirt will get wet, and she'll approve something like CHIP, because she is thinking about how other women's babies deserve the same medical care her's can get.

BUT... whoa to the universe if a man is sitting at in front of "The Button" when he has a surge of testosterone.

KA-BOOM! It's all over!!

SYD

Another Repressed Rightie, Poking His Appendages Where They Don't Belong, Bites the Proverbial Dust

Professor Darren Hutchinson has a series of posts about the weekend disappearance of The "Honorable" Mark Sanford, at Dissenting Justice.

Yep. That's "Leadership" ol' Marko.

Honestly, I was so hoping to hear that Governor Sanford's disappearance was for something exciting. Like he went to Argentina to study their Social security program.

Alas, it's the same old same. Repressed RWers, poking their appendages into bedrooms where they shouldn't be...

It really is time to get the government out of our bedrooms... and our churches. And vice-versa. (And the very beneficial side effect may be that we will get out of our politicians' personal business as well.)

Let's defend the constitution and leave it alone. Let the church decided who can marry. Let the state handle how to get us all health care....

Sanford, and his kind, have more pressing issues to attend to... I guess. His hypocrisy smacks of elitism.

What a disappointment.

On the bright side, however, that is one less competitor for the 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate. And Sarah Palin moves closer to the top of the heap. The ethics complaint brigade is still at it in Alaska, but... doncha know.... they can't seem to find anything that sticks:



Meanwhile, after it's weekend webathon, the Alaska Fund Trust is reporting that it is one quarter of the way toward paying off Palin's legal debts.


UPDATE: Thanks for the tip about the laughing women at the presser, Egalia. I will have to watch the danged video now. Eeewwwwwww.....

UPDATE #2:
Get this:

No Quarter is reporting that ...

"it has gotten worse with The State printing a whole bunch of emails sent between Sanford and his paramour. Emails that they have had in their possession for FIVE MONTHS. That’s kind of curious, isn’t it? They claim they were trying to “authenticate” them. Amazingly, they seemed to have done that in just a few days. Huh - that’s not the least bit coincidental, is it? Ahem."

Hmmm....

Can you EVEN imagine what would have happened if this was Gov. Sarah Palin... running off to South America with a paramour? While Todd tended the kids back in AK??

OMG! It would be everywhere. All over the media.... til we all threw up from it.

And no one would be trying to "authenticate" anything. That is for sure. Hell, they'd not only NOT try to authenticate it. They'd be embellishing it night and day...

UPDATE #3: It gets worse... apparently John Kerry wishes it WAS Gov. Sarah Palin that went missing.

Yes it is too bad, Senator Kerry. Too bad for you and your cronies, that is.