The male Republican leadership in the state reacted hysterically Thursday when a member used the "V" word.
In all, House Republicans tried to silence two female Democratic lawmakers for floor outbursts a day earlier that referenced male sterilization and a vagina.
The party prohibited state Rep. Lisa Brown from speaking Thursday after she ended a speech the day before against a bill restricting abortions by referencing her own vagina.
"I'm flattered that you're all so interested in my vagina, but 'no' means 'no,' " said Brown, D-West Bloomfield.
State Rep. Barb Byrum, D-Onondaga, also wasn't recognized to speak Thursday for a disturbance she caused on the House floor Wednesday when the GOP majority wouldn't allow her to propose a ban on men getting a vasectomy unless the sterilization procedure was necessary to save a man's life.
Deadline Detroit bonus: A video on the Republican Party's enhanced attention to vaginal politics.
