2007-05-01 17:41:23 · 29 answers · asked by michael H 4 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Rio Madeira: Am I to have a SEPERATE standard for the women that I am close to and another for everyone else? What does this imply; respect OR disrespect for women in general. In the same way I wouldn't want my sister or GF to be raped I wouldn't want this for any woman, understand.
2007-05-01 18:00:28 · update #1
Ashleigh: You asked "Do You believe that Women have a right to choose to control Their body and pursue Their careers and destiny?" My Answer is YES as long as their decision doesn't adversely affect anyone else. Which is the same way I feel towards Men.
2007-05-01 18:08:53 · update #2
Graymalk: you are obviously Baba Yaga and aren't fooling anyone, at least not ME!
2007-05-01 18:10:22 · update #3
No.
2007-05-01 17:44:03 · answer #1 · answered by jinz 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am a feminist and its interesting how so many people assume I am pro-abortion I am actually against it morally but I do recognise it (abortion under 12 weeks) is a necessary evil for women who have been raped or survivors of iscest. Women who kill a child at 24 weeks or 3rd trimester and it is not for medical reasons are in my oppinion scum - and the reason why I feel so strongly is that if a person cant work out that they dont want it under 12 weeks when the brain has not formed then decids they dont want the baby after its been growing amd moving inside her womb and gets a 3rd trimester partial birth abortion is a callous human being. why not carry it to term and adopt why put a baby through pain by killing it. Absolutely NO excuse.
2007-05-02 00:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Opposing abortion makes you a person who doesn't believe in abortion or some aspects of abortion. Most of the people I know are against abortion and for equal rights on some level. There are degrees of course, depending on which cause one decides to make their own. Women (and some men) who take up the equality of women as their cause are feminists. This doesn't mean they automatically all have to agree on every issue such as abortion. Most of the feminists I know would rather there not be abortion but dislike the arguments currently being used against it which seem to center less about the baby's rights to live for example and more around men's rights to control a woman's body. If there was no loss of reproductive rights or other rights for women, and they could still make all of the other choices, many feminists would be in favor of outlawing at least some aspect of abortion. For example, I believe most of the feminists I know are against using abortion as birth control and against partial birth and late term abortions. So instead of prolifers focusing on traditional women's roles and their own religious interpretation of morality, they should be focusing on what most people have in common. That is most likely to be abohorration of late term abortion of viable fetuses and partial birth abortions as after the fact birth control. It would help to have more programs that helped with birth control and helping single moms.
2007-05-02 09:23:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. opposing equality for women makes you anti-feminist. You can morally oppose something all you want, as long as you recognize that in the end, it is the woman's decision. If you have women close to you that you would rather not get abortions, and youre relationship with them is good, im fairly certain they would consider your feelings in the matter before choosing, but in the end, only they get to choose.
2007-05-02 04:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by bluestareyed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends how and why you oppose it. I am against it on a level that I don't think it's an easy and a good thing, but I believe firmly that it has to be legal- it's not up to me to decide for other women. I support sex education and birth control, but I do not support forcing women to stay pregnant,
My birth control has never failed, but if it does, I am not sure what I will do, so I support keeping abortion legal,
If you believe that it should be illegal in any and all cases, then you are denying women the right to bodily intergity.
2007-05-02 13:57:25 · answer #5 · answered by jimbell 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. I do feel sorry for someone who feels that the living little life inside them can so easily be snuffed when there are so many other forms of birth controll out there. I mean, it's their body but do all of them know that repeated abortions damage their bodies? In some cases yeah, maybe abortion is the answer. As far as feminists go, excluding the radicals extremists, they're not saying much more than we want equality and that doesn't bother me any, or threaten me any.
2007-05-01 18:02:33 · answer #6 · answered by Gardner? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have the right to oppose abortion and, as long as you respect the rights and opinions of those who are pro choice, doing so does not make you anti feminist.
2007-05-03 14:01:57 · answer #7 · answered by babyblue 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think if you're personally against abortions that it makes you an "anti-feminist", but if you were against women having the choice of whether or not to have abortions that may be problematic.
2007-05-02 17:06:09 · answer #8 · answered by cassalecs 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I oppose abortion on a moral level; however I personally believe this should be the woman's choice. I have no right to make a moral choice for another person. I do not think this makes me or anyone else anti-feminist. All feminist have their own moral code and by the nature of the feminist, choice is the key word.
2007-05-01 17:58:20 · answer #9 · answered by Ell 3 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Certainly not. There are many pro-life feminist groups and I know many people who are pro-life and otherwise politically liberal. When the question of human life enters the equation, it really becomes different than every other issue feminists confront. Don't feel like feminists have to agree on every issue to care about women's rights.
2007-05-01 18:58:18 · answer #10 · answered by carlos705 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
From what I have seen You believe that Women do not have a right to choose to control Their body and pursue Their careers and destiny. So therefore the answer must be a resounding "Yes"! You are anti-Feminism, and not very "Pro-Women" either.
2007-05-01 18:05:07 · answer #11 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋