Please take a seat in the shaming room...

[ljs_lj]

Originally posted by karma_aster at Please take a seat in the shaming room...
Originally posted by denorios at Please take a seat in the shaming room...
Since a number of US newspapers have refused to republish the latest Doonesbury cartoon strip which highlights the way Republicans are attempting to undermine a woman's right to choose, I feel it's important to make

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[beatrice_otter]

So ... basically what the cartoon is saying is, only white middle aged males who want to control and shame women could possibly have a problem with abortion? I have a great many friends of both genders and across the political spectrum, and the funny thing is, of those whose opinion on abortion I know, women are a lot more likely to be pro-life than men. And from what I understand, the current pro-life movement in the Republican Party is being driven largely by women. But the pro-choice movement consistently ignores this, because I guess if a woman disagrees with them on the subject it can only be because she's been brainwashed or is naive and doesn't understand the world. (Before you object, I've had "feminists" accuse me of both to my face. And that's the reason I generally don't consider myself a feminist: I have no more interest in having other women dictate my opinions than letting men do it, and too many of my formative experiences with feminists seemed to require it. I have since had many lovely experiences and

[epeeblade]

I believe the comic strip is a commentary on how the current legislation seems to be introduced and passed solely by male legislators.

I cannot speak to your statement about the women in the GOP being the ones driving this, because I'm more familiar with the anti-contraceptive movement which only asked men to testify in Congress.

[beatrice_otter]

As to the contraceptive issue

[epeeblade]

Not going to get into a debate on this, since I think we're firmly on opposite sides of the issue. Just pointing out that maybe they might want to ask a few women (other than Sandra Fluke who had to fight to give testimony) about something that affects them.