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So a certain female representative from the great state of Virginia, who is named Virginia Foxx (R, naturally), claims that she is all for women's rights except when she isn't.
Guess she didn't get the memo that being against a woman's right to choose her own reproductive destiny is among the very definitions of being misogynist. Or that being a woman doesn't excuse misogyny generally.
Here's something that Ms. Foxx seems to miss: Feminism is the radical concept that women are human beings with their own minds. That as adults, we are (hopefully) smart enough to make decisions for ourselves that is best for ourselves. Relegating women to the role of baby-machines is not only misogynist, but also dehumanizing, because that makes the assumption that women are not human and that we're too stupid to know ourselves better.
I am a woman who chooses to remain childfree. I made this decision (in spite of what some in my own family might think), based on my own personal needs. I am prone to passing certain issues down to the next generation (most notably the uterus issues, seeing as my own mother passed that onto me), and I get stressed easily. Children are okay, but only in small doses. I tend to prefer kittens. It's taken me a lot of thought to come to the conclusion that I can't be a mother. I'd like to think that I'm intelligent enough to realize my limitations, but apparently people like Ms. Foxx seems to think the only "real" achievement a woman can make is being a mother. Well, good for you, sister. Maybe it worked for you to be a mom, but it wouldn't work for me. One size doesn't fit all, after all.
And thus is why fighting against reproductive rights, especially specific procedures that could save a dying pregnant woman's life disqualifies one from being a feminist and no, it does not matter that you're not male.
Guess she didn't get the memo that being against a woman's right to choose her own reproductive destiny is among the very definitions of being misogynist. Or that being a woman doesn't excuse misogyny generally.
Here's something that Ms. Foxx seems to miss: Feminism is the radical concept that women are human beings with their own minds. That as adults, we are (hopefully) smart enough to make decisions for ourselves that is best for ourselves. Relegating women to the role of baby-machines is not only misogynist, but also dehumanizing, because that makes the assumption that women are not human and that we're too stupid to know ourselves better.
I am a woman who chooses to remain childfree. I made this decision (in spite of what some in my own family might think), based on my own personal needs. I am prone to passing certain issues down to the next generation (most notably the uterus issues, seeing as my own mother passed that onto me), and I get stressed easily. Children are okay, but only in small doses. I tend to prefer kittens. It's taken me a lot of thought to come to the conclusion that I can't be a mother. I'd like to think that I'm intelligent enough to realize my limitations, but apparently people like Ms. Foxx seems to think the only "real" achievement a woman can make is being a mother. Well, good for you, sister. Maybe it worked for you to be a mom, but it wouldn't work for me. One size doesn't fit all, after all.
And thus is why fighting against reproductive rights, especially specific procedures that could save a dying pregnant woman's life disqualifies one from being a feminist and no, it does not matter that you're not male.