Extreme--the idea that a woman really does own her own body.

[catsittingstill]

 There are a couple of things that have been going around and around lately.  1) The idea that it's okay to enslave women who have the misfortune to be pregnant when they don't want to be to produce unwanted babies.  2) The idea that sometimes sex without consent is okay--or at least, not "legitimate rape."  At first glance they might look

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[pickledginger]

Wonderful. May I excerpt / link??

[catsittingstill]

Thank you. Yes feel free to pass it on!

[lil_shepherd]

This is a great analogy. And unanswerable from our perspective.

I suspect that overly religious would suggest that God gave you the purse and gave you the worm and you oughta praise him for both. You know, like Job. (I always hated Job.)

[catsittingstill]

Thank you.

As for "God gave you the purse" the answer is "If you think that, who the hell are you to try to take it away from me?" But I'll dynamite that bridge when someone puts it up for serious.

[mmegaera]

That is a terrific reply. My purse is my God-given possession, to do with as He and I see fit. Who are you to tell me we're wrong?

[catsittingstill]

:-) Thanks

[admnaismith]

So it's come to this.

In order to justify your sovereignity over your own body, we have to explain it in terms of, "Well, if it was my money, I'd be allowed to protect it", so that people might understand that a person's body is maybe, arguably, kinda sorta as sacred and inviolable as money.

There is a great sickness in our society today. One reason I am grateful for walking with you is that you are part of the cure.

[catsittingstill]

I really wish people would just learn this stuff before kindergarten. It really is that basic. Why are grown men (and some women) still having trouble with this?

[maiac]

Forty years ago, Ms. Magazine published an essay describing "Mr. Smith" being robbed and the reactions as if he'd been a woman who was raped -- "He was wearing an expensive suit, which just advertises that he's got money", "He gave away money in the past", etc. -- to show how absurd the "she was asking for it" attitude is. Nothing's changed in 40 years.

[catsittingstill]

I should totally have added you as a friend a long time ago; I don't know how I overlooked that. I've added you now.

I'm pretty sure you didn't miss anything of mine BTW--I don't know that I've ever friendslocked anything. But I've missed some stuff of yours--I *love* those pictures you've got up.

[hitchkitty]

I agree that it's a sad comment on our society, when you have to explain this in terms if money. But I've heard people compare rape to being robbed, and how unfair it would be to punish a toddler left at the scene by the perpetrator, so the analogy certainly isn't inappropriate.

[catsittingstill]

I'm not sure the analogy holds up everywhere. But the it works for what I used it for, I think.

[catalana]

Very nice!

[catsittingstill]

Thanks!