This long standing conservative political strategy is being codified into law again.
The men forcing pregnancy on women fully understand that women raising children are less likely to show up in the workplace, in politics, in any place where they can challenge the power of conservative white men.
Overturning Roe v. Wade is designed to suppress women’s political, educational and professional agency. “Keep them barefoot and pregnant and in the kitchen” was never a joke. It’s been the political strategy of conservative men for generations.
White, male and Christian supremacists all seek to guarantee that women’s first and only role is to service men and reproduce. This agenda for controlling women is what the Republican Party is codifying into law in Texas, Louisiana and dozens of other states.
Along with political actions, protests and other work, it’s time to show up and vote in overwhelming numbers.
#BlueWave2022
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Good men don’t impregnate women with children they don’t intend to raise. Abortion allows men an easy out. The Good Men Project promoting abortion is just wrong on so many levels.
Good men understand that whatever decision is to be made about a woman’s body should be made by that woman alone and no one else. Period. Full stop.
“Good men don’t impregnate women with children they don’t intend to raise. Abortion allows men an easy out. The Good Men Project promoting abortion is just wrong on so many levels” –Bobby
”Good men understand that whatever decision is to be made about a woman’s body should be made by that woman’s alone and no one else. Period. Full stop.” –Mark Greene
I can’t help but notice that neither of those comments necessarily negates the other. Two seemingly contradictory things can actually be simultaneously true or coexistent, and are not always (entirely) mutually exclusive.
I would only note that his comment about the Good Men Project “promoting abortion” clearly seeks to shame men who support women’s right to choose.
“I would only note that his comment about the Good Men Project “promoting abortion” clearly seeks to shame men who support women’s right to choose.” So that would seem. But because choice always implies the possibility of more than just one fixed outcome, it is very difficult to shame someone effectively for espousing choice on principle- at least, if the choice is a real one: It’s hard to fault someone for putting their faith in the principle of choice when none of the choices are preordained. It is easier to shame or criticize someone for espousing one specific choice over… Read more »
In regard to the notion of ‘shaming men who support a women’s right to choose’; I think that shaming on that basis fails (or would be bound to fail), because of the weak rhetorical premise for any such shame. I probably could have said it clearer at the start of my first reply: But its first point there was to underscore how it’s very difficult for anyone to shame men who support a women’s right to choose simply because they support someone’s right to choose: Think about it- One cannot be accused of trying to impose their own bias or… Read more »