Females make up 24% of the U.S. Senate, 27.9% of the U.S. House, 44% of the Supreme Court, and yet these governmental bodies make rules for 100% of females in the U.S., and individual states are similar.
No male has ever been pregnant, ever carried or delivered a child, ever menstruated, ever felt the pain of childbirth, menstrual cramps or miscarriage, ever used or paid for female care products for a large chunk of their lives, ever breast-fed a child, had a mammary gland breast infection, or had a mammogram. And yet this male majority in our country’s government has decided that it has the knowledge, rights and power to regulate 100% of every female body regarding contraception and childbirth!
We are now a misogynist society that has institutionalized prejudice against women. A woman’s body creates a child with her own blood, nutrition and care with no help from a male except for a microscopic entity that she may or may not have given sexual rights.
Throughout history females have carried, delivered and cared for children with little or no help from men. And yet males in our government consider themselves 100% the deciders of choices given to females regarding pregnancy and birth. Is this a democracy? Sounds like the definition of an autocratic “daddy knows best” patriarchy.
Bev Terry, Salt Lake City
from The Salt Lake Tribune https://ift.tt/nBoys2F
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