Women’s Group Objects to Artillery

The anti-war women’s group Code Pink has issued an objection to public displays and use of artillery.  Medea Benjamin’s brief statement calls for an end to the obviously male symbols of artillery and other ballistic equipment, and wants it all canned.

Her release on Twitter was direct: “No more phallic symbols of warfare.”

Well-known for its anti-war stance since the early 2000s, the group has stated clearly that it welcomes men.

“As long as they support our anti-war efforts, we’re okay with having them as members,”  Ms. Benjamin said, “especially since the White House appears to be dead set on increasing the U.S. presence in the Middle East. We protested this 15 years ago, and it’s as though we had no influence at all.”

While Code Pink’s objections to warfare are widely known, the reasons for the organization’s dislike of war equipment were not clear until a brief statement was issued to clarify the matter.

“Obviously, war is historically a male-oriented and male-dominated endeavor, but until the development of guns and cannons, there was no real connection to the masculinity of it all. It’s much more easy to see the connection between aiming a rocket or missile launcher and maleness.  Raising one of those big pieces of artillery is psychologically symbolic of male arousal. Shooting off a rocket or a big missile obviously results in  the same relief men feel after ejaculation. Simply put, these weapons of war are psychological replacements for sex. If the troops were not exposed to these objects, it’s more likely they’d return to their real purpose. To promote this idea, we are reviving that popular slogan from the 1960s protests, ‘Make love, not war’ for our next public protest. We are, after all, Women For Peace.”

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