MileyCyrus comments on Politics Discussion Thread January 2013 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MileyCyrus 06 January 2013 12:25:27PM 2 points [-]

So this is an interesting point but actually reinforces the sorts of claims being made by Xachariah, since the amount of objection to vasectomies is much smaller than the amount of objection to birth control, which is consistent with his hypothesis.

If you're thinking about US politics in 2012, most of the "objection to birth control" was objection to Obama's mandate that insurance companies to fully cover birth control for women, but not men.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 06 January 2013 07:06:59PM 0 points [-]

More generally, in the US there's much more objection to birth control. This is a long-term trend independent of any recent issues. Moreover, the objections made about the recent health-care mandate were not made by and large based on gender equality issues.

Comment author: MileyCyrus 06 January 2013 10:16:17PM 2 points [-]

Moreover, the objections made about the recent health-care mandate were not made by and large based on gender equality issues.

Sure. My point was that no one was requiring employers to cover vasectomies, so of course no one will get angry about having to provide vasectomy coverage.

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