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Sometimes the lawmakers in my state amuse me. Sometimes they just piss me off. Right now, the members of our state representatives are pissing me off.

On Monday, our misongynistic state legislators decided to make it illegal for a woman to sell her eggs. But there are no similar bills to bar a man from selling his sperm.

Oh, no…a man can make money off of his bodily functions but a woman…oh…a woman…she can do evil things with those eggs – IF SHE SELLS THEM. Not if she donates them. Only if she sells them.

According to the local newspaper, the real credit for this goes to Bob Stump, a very conservative representative from the Phoenix suburb of Peoria.

Rep. Bob Stump, R-Peoria, said the disparate treatment is justified. And, he said, it has “nothing to do with gender politics.”

Uh-huh. Tell us another fable, Bob. Tells us how much you love and respect women. How much you believe that they have the intelligence to know how to take care of their bodies and protect themselves.

Because, frankly, if I don’t have a man telling me what to do with my body, I just might hurt myself. I’m so helpless.

And make money off of my body? Oh…the horror!

Grrrr.

This stuff pisses me off.

One more way that my rights over myself are taken away.

And, it seems, some of the female legislators felt the same way.

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, said there is no reason to have one set of laws for men and another for women. “You keep your hands off my eggs and I’ll keep my hands off your sperm,” she said.

Amen, sister.