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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Criminalization of Women's Bodies Is All About Conservative Male Power
Its time to be completely clear. Forcing a woman to give birth against her will is morally equivalent to rape. Its exactly the same logic of entitlement and abuse: Men get to control womens bodies. Female sexual agency must be punished. Womens consent does not matter.
This is not a moment to mince words. This is a moment for moral clarity. Womens personhood is not conditional. Womens sexuality is not shameful. The only shameful thing, the only thing that no citizen who believes even fractionally in freedom should tolerate, is a world in which women are treated like things.
[link:https://newrepublic.com/article/153942/criminalization-womens-bodies-conservative-male-power|
Long read but excellent!
mountain grammy
(26,570 posts)CrispyQ
(36,226 posts)Definitely worth the time to read!
A Christian friend posted this on FB yesterday & I shared it on my page. I thought it was a perfect, but my stupid dog post got a ton of likes & not one for this.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)brer cat
(24,401 posts)K&R
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Or pretty much.
Yes, many women believe its right, or it just feels better, to maintain some degree of patriarchal dominance.
But this is also about many women believing that abortion is evil. Their own personal feelings and nothing to do with male oppression.
Lying to ourselves about whats going on, pretending this is ALL about evil men doing helpless women, doesnt somehow make it true. It does turn those who indulge into trumpsters, though, to be used by all those who know their fatal weakness and how to weaponize it against them.
Also, big no to victim mentality if anyones inclined. Just a suggestion, but Ive never seen the appeal of imagining myself as a helpless victim whos not responsible for anything.
Freddie
(9,231 posts)Forcing a woman to give birth against her will is the equivalent of rape. Full stop.
I have NEVER been so angry about an issue as this. This is the best read yet for what its really about.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)librechik
(30,663 posts)Misogyny trumps party politics, IMO. EVERYBODY has to step up and acknowledge the truth of who we are and then fix it.
It's sort of like getting woke to racism. We are not there yet on hatred/fear of women, unfortunately.
I suspect fixing it won't ever happen. Looks like it's Handmaid's Tale coming up next, and so fast we can't stop it.