I was reading my gobal news feed this morning and came across this story:

"A woman from the governing party in Ecuador has proposed that a women's right to enjoy sexual happiness should be enshrined in the country's law"


It seems Maria Soledad Vela is helping to re-write Ecuador's constitution and have that included in its pages.  She has a lot of opposition, (mostly male), who claim that such intimacies should not be included in written law. 

I hate to say it, but I am inclined to agree with the men. I did some minor research into Ecuador's culture and it seems the sexual repression is more along the line of arranged marriages and servitude to husbands.  America pretty much did away with that by the time the roaring 20's came around.  So to me, this is just a cultural thing that will eventually catch up and isn't necessarily law-worthy. ( Is that a word?) 


Ecuadorian women work hard, even pregnant women right up to the delivery of their children.  It is an impoverished nation and this practice of working through pregnancy is prevalent in third world countries and the like. I don't consider that sexual repression. I consider that a product of their environment and culture.  For these women its necessary to work through an entire pregnancy.  I didn't say it was acceptable, only that it was necessary for them to do so.




I think the women who need this type of law are the ones in the middle east and Africa where FGM is still practiced openly and often. About 135 million women live with this every day of their lives.  In those countries men are allowed multiple wives and women are not allowed to initiate or enjoy intimacy. This law belongs where it is truly a necessity.

Instead, pass legislature that lets a pregnant Ecudorian woman sit on her rump during her last month while her hubby does the work.  Start programs that teach these people to keep and eat their vegetables and meat and not sell them for bread and rice.  Bring in the Peace Corps or missionaries to help these people learn management of their commodities so they can have their bread and rice as well.






Then, to solve the sexual issue, donate a washing machine and generator to every Ecuadorian woman.  She can do her laundry and sit on it during the spin cycle for her own intimacies.

Just my opinion.

Happy St. Patrick's Day from my Irish heart to yours!  Have some corned beef, cabbage and potatoes!