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- Sep 13, 2019
I've mostly quit replying to this thread, because it's gotten really fucking autistic and I don't see the situation improving anytime soon, but I saw a really stupid post that I want to reply to.
This is the 'If you aren't woman then not only does this not effect you, but you also lack the knowledge and therefore right to speak about this' argument. This is stupid, because its only purpose is to keep men out of the conversation. Being a woman does not make anyone inherently more or less qualified to speak about abortion. The only difference between men and women when it comes down to the abortion debate is that women are more affected by abortion laws then men (though men are still very affected). Even if men were completely unaffected by abortion laws, I don't see why that would invalidate their opinion. Actually, I think one could make the argument that, if men were completely unaffected by abortion laws, their opinions on abortion would be more valid than those of a woman due to their objectivity. I mean look the situation with Kashmir for a minute. If you wanted to have an informed, unbiased take on what's going on in Kashmir and you could only go to one of three people, an Indian Hindu, a Pakistani Muslim, or a Japanese guy for information who would you go to (provided they were all equally educated on the issue)? The correct answer would have to be the Japanese guy, because he doesn't have skin in the game; he's just going to tell you what he knows.I'm just now discovering this thread. Does anyone here have a uterus or had one in the past? It's for science.