You must read this by Erin Solaro. I would argue with a couple of her points, here and there, particularly about whether we’re designed for birth or not, but essentially it’s a pretty devastating piece about the current state of politics in the USA and why a war on contraception and abortion is every bit a war on women. All women, whether you can or want to have children yourself, or not, and whether you have sex with men or not. It is a war on you that sees all women as second class citizens.
When the State makes sex about dominance and cruelty
March 31, 2012 by blue milk
Posted in abortion, classism, feminism, motherhood, motherhood sux, politics, pregnancy and birth, rape/sexual abuse | 3 Comments
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This hit me right in the gut, thank you for sharing.
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