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Re: Is this sexism?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 30 Jun 2001 00:20:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> Daniel Jassim wrote:
> You obviously haven't read the rest of the thread, where I state that
> choosing to BECOME pregnant isn't really the issue anyways. Choosing
> to STAY pregnant is (and I think that choice is solely up to the woman).
Two questions-- 1st off, what if the woman can't abort? What if it's either
against the law in her state/country, or it's against her religion or something?
But that presupposes the *real* question at hand, that I think I posted
elsewhere but didn't get a response to. What does the choice have to do with
it? Suppose for a minute that Ms. Jones got pregnant and had kids. Now
suppose that Ms. Smith DIDN'T get pregnant, but her sister did. And placed
Ms. Smith as the childrens' legal guardian, and then died. Now both Ms.
Jones and Ms. Smith have children, and you'd be hard pressed to argue that
Ms. Smith had a choice in the matter, although I suppose you could argue
such. What does that have to do with the issue at hand-- whether or not they
should have relief/extra perks from work thanks to their increased burden in
their home life? Do they deserve *more* (as you've implied) when they
*didn't* choose to have that burden? Or is whether they chose an issue at all?
DaveE
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| (...) Still her choice - travel to a different state (I'm mainly talking the US here, obviously). (...) STILL HER CHOICE - she chose that religion, or chooses to stay in it. (...) When have I said they deserve more for not having kids? I'm for (...) (23 years ago, 30-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You obviously haven't read the rest of the thread, where I state that choosing to BECOME pregnant isn't really the issue anyways. Choosing to STAY pregnant is (and I think that choice is solely up to the woman). (...) Sure, give them the time (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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