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> men who aren't having to deal with abortion are looking at this issue as "I don't need an abortion so it doesn't concern me". ... maybe we shouldn't have spe
by blep_ 4y ago
> men who aren't having to deal with abortion are looking at this issue as "I don't need an abortion so it doesn't concern me".
... maybe we shouldn't have spent years telling them they weren't allowed to have an opinion because it didn't concern them.
- Andrex 4y agoWas there a Pope of Abortion Rights that pronounced such an edict? As a man, I haven't encountered this in an abortion discussion, but it sounds like something an asshole would say and I try not to hang out with assholes.
- blep_ 4y agoI've heard variations on it many times, usually by the people who frame it entirely as "right to choose" (-> "if you're not capable of getting pregnant you have no right to input on this"). I get what they're going for, conceptually, but wow that is not how you get allies. It turns out assholes come in all genders.
- shabbatt 4y ago> ... maybe we shouldn't have spent years telling them they weren't allowed to have an opinion because it didn't concern them. that never stopped women from doing what they want. you are completely brushing past the main issue which is apathy towards privacy which is not remotely related to women's rights portrayed by mainstream media and your language generalizes 100+ years of women, who regardless societal expectations, went on their own because they believed they had same rights as any other human. It's sad that the same spirit is now being used as shields to derail completely unrelated issues that by mere association of gender, calls for a complete review of a certain political lens that we are all familiar with. Save us the grace here honey.