Reasons for Pro-Choice pt. 1

[starwatcher307]

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A while back, I posted a little explanation of why I'm making more political-type posts lately. (Not often, mind you, but anything is more than my previous zero. *g*) In the post, I said, Therefore, if it comes up and I feel disposed to speak of it, you'll find me arguing in favor of gay rights (including marriage), disabled rights, women's

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[jesurgislac]

This is excellent. I'm definitely going to link to this. Great work.

[starwatcher307]

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Thank you.
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[ginmar]

I have just one quibble; I couldn't make the links about male birth control useage work, even with the Wayback Machine. Do you have other links?

Otherwise, excellent.

[starwatcher307]

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Hmm... maybe it's older vs newer computers? It worked for me just now.

Anyway, the exact quote is --

Condom use by males accounts for only 6% of contraceptive use in developing countries and only 19% in developed countries.
Gita Sen et al., Population Policies Reconsidered: Health, Empowerment, and Rights (Boston: Harvard School of Public Health, 1994), p. 226.

So, re-reading that, it looks like I mis-read and mis-stated a little. I'll go in to clarify that now.

No, I don't have any other sources for that data, and it may be less accurate now than it was when the article was first published. But it just struck me -- "Wow, Ginmar's always pissed that guys don't want the responsibility of a woman being pregnant even when they refuse to use condoms, and this just proves it!" I was shocked.

Otherwise, excellent.

Thank you.

And now, here's something else that has struck me as a side-shoot of so many men putting women down. In this post, (not locked) the OP questions why so many fictional women must be made "not

[ginmar]

Claire Booth Luce was once told that she thought like a man. She replied, "I reject the compliment. One either thinks or one doesn't." Accepting a compliment should not require that one divorce one's self from one's gender and embrace the other. It's also a way of insulting women for one woman's sake while holding men up as perfect and the standard. Nice little manipulative trick, isn't it?

[starwatcher307]

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Nice little manipulative trick, isn't it?

Yes, it is, and one I wasn't aware of until those posters pointed it out. Now I've learned something new, and be on the lookout to reject it.
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