And yeah, I know they say he was backpedalling a little bit afterward -- but only on the semantics, not on the idea. That doesn't change that that's what he thinks; that's what he wants America to think.
As a survivor of rape and getting pregnant from the rape, I am very appalled and angered by his comments. I was one of the millions who didn't report their rape because I was embarrassed, ashamed, and thought that I brought it on myself. I didn't tell anyone what had happened until 4 months after the rape, and that was my mom kept pressing me on why I was missing my cycles.
I can say that I chose to go through the pregnancy because I had my mom for support and she adopted both of my sons, the one I had previously and the one from the rape. This is a very touchy subject for me and I wish this man could walk a mile in my shoes just to see how it feels to know that you were violated in such a horrible way.
*hugs* Thank you for sharing your thoughts. They do mean a lot to me.
Thank you for telling me why it is a touchy subject for you. *hug* I hate that that happened to you. It was not your fault. I wish that politician had any empathy or could even begin to understand.
And thank you for being such an awesome friend and understanding. I am dealing better with what happened to me (most days), but there are times when I can tell it is affecting me at a very internal level. *hugs*
The whole thing is disgusting, and in the end, it's not at all about politics. It's about yet another sexist pig - who, by the way, will never have to deal with the stress and potential agony of an unwanted pregnancy - trying to show the world that he's an expert on women's bodies. I guess that is somewhat political, but mostly it's just BS.
One of my friends (who is more politically savvy than I) says that the patriarchal power structure feels threatened by the changes of having more women rising to power, more women voting, more women becoming politicians, scientists, doctors, etc. He says this feeling-threatened is the trigger for some of the BS we're seeing lately (with older male politicians trying to legislate women's bodies) because it's the only power they can physically have over women, and they want to go back to the "good old days" when women were treated as sub-human and were expected to blindly obey husbands/fathers/brothers, not own businesses or property on their own, not think for themselves but go along with whatever political/religious/life-changing whims the men in their life proposed, etc.
Is my friend entirely correct, partly correct, incorrect? I think he's at least partly correct. I also think some people (not my friend) are just sexist pigs. But the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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I can say that I chose to go through the pregnancy because I had my mom for support and she adopted both of my sons, the one I had previously and the one from the rape. This is a very touchy subject for me and I wish this man could walk a mile in my shoes just to see how it feels to know that you were violated in such a horrible way.
*hugs* Thank you for sharing your thoughts. They do mean a lot to me.
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Is my friend entirely correct, partly correct, incorrect? I think he's at least partly correct. I also think some people (not my friend) are just sexist pigs. But the two aren't mutually exclusive.
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