it would be a distraction. But this encompasses other issues as well; abortion politics, sex work, inequality in pay for equal work, poverty relief, etc. The laws are based on antiquated and absurd concepts and customs that should have been discarded a long time ago.
Take the case in Texas where a woman collapsed from an aneurysm. She had expressed to her husband that she did not want to be kept alive by artificial means if that situation arose. But because she's pregnant (18 weeks) the law says that the life of the fetus supersedes her wishes. That the law exists makes it unique to women (because only women become pregnant) and puts them at an unequal footing to men in terms of reproductive rights (No one questions a man if he wants to get a vasectomy. You don't see protests at vasectomy clinics, do you?)
If feminism purports to seek equality of treatment by law and custom for men and women, then it must fight all aspects where there is inequality. It's similar to the fight against the "separate but equal" legal concept that African Americans faced regarding racism and privilege in American society. When you think about it, equality on public transportation, isn't much either in the scheme of things, but the defeat of that social custom went a long way in the fight against discrimination.
Why is it taboo to see a topless woman? ( in NYS you can't serve alcohol in an all nude bar) This movie is rated NC-17 but no one has a problem with seeing Halloween whatever episode when Jason chops up victims for the umpteenth time. I can watch "Tony Montana" take on a Columbian hit squat with M-16 with a grenade launcher but I can't see a naked woman in that same movie. I can get a body count but not a nude body? Really?
Violence is OK but sex isn't? What kind of message are we sending here?
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