@spacysapphic Also literally everyone is dependent on other people. Independence is a myth and the fact we paint it as the goal for all disabled people is gross. I don't want independence. I want community care and mutual aid.
@blackmedusamoon Just isn’t what you’re suggesting then is male infanticide? I don’t see how not having men will allow us to find and create a new culture. Aborting mothers would only be demonised more
@MeToo22617022 @WomenReadWomen Not to mention sore nipples, organising some type of paid leave, unhelpful partners, other kids, the male medical professional 😓 etc etc
@caitlin_roper@CATWAustralia This response was quite shocking. Arguing that the real goal is censorship when very clearly children and women are being harmed by the selling of abusive material
@omnialuce It’s like this inability to see beyond a person’s individual preferences and get to what influences choices, how choices are formed, what impact seemingly innocent choices have for the collective concept of womanhood
@Rebecca94868859 @heinzsight2020 That’s an interesting point though: the prevailing view that the prostitute is the one who is (morally, physically) unclean but no one ever points the finger to the clients and people who get off on sexual enslavement
@DrJessTaylor The thing is, if you come from an abusive home or don’t want your family name carried on, what other option do you have? I understand what you’re getting at though- the historical, political context of taking and giving the man’s name
@NiSibeal @rachelmewes1982 @helsbells36 Definitely! And not just assume women will abort. We need to have conversations about disabilities and support services and as you said, celebrate the diversity of life and not eliminate anything that does not resemble what health professionals consider “healthy”
@Cicko810 @rachelmewes1982 @helsbells36 We need to cherish diversity and value everyone’s contribution. We shouldn’t just see £££, €€€, $$$ signs whenever we see disabled people
“It is a tragedy beyond the power of language to convey when what has been imposed on women by force becomes a standard of freedom for women.”
-Andrea Dworkin, Intercourse
Rather than participating in the world from a woman-defined sense of urgency, women have been retreating into the world of male political discourse and priorities. Suddenly, once again, everything is more important than the crimes committed against women by men.