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[lady_morgaine]

A few weeks ago, I saw the film "Knocked Up" and thought it particularly hilarious. When I told a new friend the other day that I enjoyed it, she seemed shocked, even though she hadn't seen it. "I heard it made a lot of feminists mad," she said

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[lady_morgaine]

I would agree. What bothered me about the critiques I read was that they simply REFUSED to accept that the choices the character in the film made were actually choices. Abortion is referred to in the film as "taking care of it," but it's clear from the moment she's found out that she's pregnant that she doesn't want an abortion. "But," the feminists say, "it's never made clear why." Well, why does it need to be made clear? Again, if she had had an abortion, would anyone ask, "Well, it's not made clear why she didn't keep it?" It was her choice. I thought the whole idea of being pro-choice was to respect that!

But they make it sound like everything she did in the film was a "must": "Just because you got knocked up by some slob doesn't mean you MUST stayed tethered to him for the rest of your life." The film didn't imply that it was a "must." The film quite clearly indicated that it was her choice - her choice to keep it, her choice to tell him, her choice to attempt a relationship with him. But, these feminists say, these choices are "against all reason and logic." Well, what kind of choices do you offer people when you insist that they follow your brand of reason and logic?

By the way, I'm paraphrasing parts of this review.