Offensive Feminism, Jill Filipovic (via hymnsuponyourlips-)
This is SO useful. Great analysis.
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Conservatives, go home. You’ve lost this one.
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…..No. Just… No. What about conjoined twins? Say there was a set of conjoined twins, and while they were both fine together, if they were separated, one of them would die. Would it be ok for the twin, on the lucky side, to decide she wanted to live alone, condemning the other to death? Why not. She’s just leaching off her organs. Let the weak die, and the strong survive. Survival of the fittest and all that.
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I don’t think I understand your point. Sharing organs =/= leeching off of each other. Not to mention the fact that for the twins to decide that they’d have to be of legal age and at that point they would both have to agree to it or it would be murder so I’m kinda missing where you’re going with this.
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How is it any different. Say both twins have the same organs, except for say… heart, and liver. Their other organs, and their entire bodies will have been severly weakened by sharing these organs, so their chances of transplant surgery are very low. But one twin has a full set of organs inside of their part of the body. If they cut away the other twin, they can live a fuller, longer, and more healthy life. Basically they are responsible for keeping that other sibling alive, at the cost of their own wellbeing. Is that murder?
Think of it like this. You have a younger sibling who is severely physically, and developmentally challenged. When you are in your mid 20’s your parents die, and leave you custody of said sibling. They can’t eat, or walk, or work, or even talk. It’s a drain on you psychically, and mentally. Do you keep supporting them, or do you just leave them to fend for themselves. And at least then, if you abandon them, they could fall on some kind of charity, or govt support program. It’s not a total death sentence. But is it the right thing to do?
My views on abortion have nothing to do with the fact that I am a man. I just flat out think it’s murder. I think aborting a baby is the same as pulling out a gun, and shooting someone in the face. It doesn’t matter if you are a man, or a woman. Killing people is wrong.
The only time I would agree with abortion is when the mothers life is threatened. If carrying the baby to term means that you and/or the babies life is severely threatened… It’s one of those situations where everything sucks.
Finally, I don’t know about the authors father, but knowing my own… If I needed medical aid, and it psyically required me to be attached to his body for 10 months, he would do it. He might not enjoy it, but he would do it, because he is a damn good parent. Honestly, if you aren’t willing to sacrifice, your time, health, energy, money, and even your life for your kids…. you are pretty shitty parent.
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responding to shithead above~~do you think crackhead Betty and sweet sixteen Lisa are going to be good parents? Are they going to be good parents if they feel like they were forced to have their baby? What quality of life do you think a child born with down syndrome will have if his parents are forced to have him?
In a perfect world all parents would sacfrice everything for their child. There wouldnt be poverty, hunger, abuse or neglect either. This isn’t a perfect world. Be thankful you have a wonderful father but realize the gun you want to point delivers a lifetime of suffering.
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