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- From: bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com (J H Woodyatt)
- Subject: Re: The EvilPatriarchalConspiracy of Freedom of Choice for Men - NOT!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.184140.638@wdl.loral.com>
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- Reply-To: bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com
- Organization: Abiogenesis 4 Less
- References: <1992Dec19.005331.21293@zooid.guild.org>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 18:41:40 GMT
- Lines: 79
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- goid@zooid.guild.org (Will Steeves) writes:
- # bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com (J H Woodyatt) writes...
- # > Forcing women to become parents (in the genetic sense -- I don't want
- # > to confuse you) against their will is not ethical, it *is* harmful (to
- # > women's bodily integrity, and in general), and is in no way parallel
- # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- # > to any power granted to women today to force men to become parents
- # ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- # > (again, in the genetic sense) against their will.
- #
- # Why isn't it? It is *not* ethical, and it *is* harmful (to a man's freedom
- # in general), and *is* parallel to forcing a woman to bear and raise a child
- # because it is an issue of *control*.
-
- Damn, Will, you *are* a thick S.O.B. aren't you?
-
- You try to make three points:
-
- 1. Forcing men to become parents (in the genetic sense) is unethical.
-
- I agree. I fail to see the relevance.
-
- 2. Forcing men to become parents (in the genetic sense) is harmful to
- men's freedom.
-
- How? What psychoactives have you been ingesting?
-
- 3. Not clear. You seem to be implying that forcing a woman to endure
- pregnancy and childbirth is equivalent to forcing men to become
- parents in a genetic sense. Somehow. You don't explain.
-
- I need you to clarify before I can respond.
-
- -----
-
- [Mr. Denninger asked why women should have the power to prevent
- childbirth after conception and men shouldn't. I reminded him that
- men don't do the gestating.]
-
- # True, but the fact that she does the gestation, should ONLY give the
- # woman the right to control HER OWN PREGNANCY, *not* an individual who
- # is *not* contained by her bodily area. Since you insist on using the
- # bodily integrity position, then I'd agree with you in that it *should*
- # be used as a valid argument to let a woman control what happens *in
- # her own body*, but that this control should STOP as far as her bodily
- # area is concerned, and *not* give her the right to control the choices
- # of a possibly unwilling man.
-
- What are you rambling on about here, Mr. Steeves? Were you not
- satisfied with my answer to your question?
-
- -----
-
- # > Getting a sloppy with the truth there aren't you Mr. Denninger? You
- # > make it sound like women have an unrestricted right to abandon their
- # > born children, and that isn't true.
- #
- # Not at all. The fact that you use the bodily integrity position, only means
- # that you can get away with *only* defending a *woman's* right to reproductive
- # freedom by defending her "bodily integrity". Men have no such issue, but we
- # *DO* have the issue of FREEDOM OF CHOICE in regards to reproductive choices,
- # and we sincerely intend to reclaim that right!
-
- A fairly amusing conclusion considering the .sig quote I installed
- this morning.
-
- Look, Mr. Steeves... no one is likely to force you to remain pregnant
- against your will. *YOUR* reproductive freedom is not in very
- terrible danger in comparison to women's reproductive freedom.
-
- Get it? (No, I suppose it's unwise to expect you to.)
-
-
- --
- +---------------------------+ ``Man has not a single right which is
- | J H Woodyatt | the product of anything but might.''
- | bard@cutter.ssd.loral.com | -- Mark Twain
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