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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlanned Parenthood combines two things that conservatives hate
at Planned Parenthood hoax video was apparently some kind of bat signal sent out to conservatives to indicate that its time for a free-for-all: That no lie, no matter how outrageous or easily debunked, is totally on the table now, so long as its about Planned Parenthood. That much is evident when you read this piece at Media Matters about how Bill OReilly and Andrea Tantaros worked themselves into an absolute frenzy of bullshit over this. It was so bad that it is actually easier to pull out the not-false statements than the false ones, except that all you would get is blank space, since nothing they said had any relation to the truth.
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And I do think this is lying, and not an honest mistake. That information is out there. I believe, very strongly, that Tantaros and OReilly know full well that Planned Parenthood is primarily a source of contraception for low income womenand that is why they hate it. Planned Parenthood combines two things that conservatives hate: 1) It provides services that allow low income people to live better lives and improve their economic opportunities.* 2) It promotes the idea that women should be able to have sex on their own terms.
Allowing women to have sex on their own terms is threatening because it really disrupts the system that keeps men in power over women in personal relationships. Its not just that it makes it harder to trap a woman with pregnancy, though that is part of it. But its more that, as long as unwanted childbearing is a threat hanging over womens head, it injects a major power imbalance into sexual relationships. The woman has to live with the consequences for having sex, but the man can walk away. So that helps keep up cultural norms that make women placating and submissive. But the more that women can have sex on their own terms without fear of unintended childbearing, the more leverage they have in relationships with men. Is he a domineering dick? Well, good thing you didnt have kids with him! Just walk away. You can experiment, date around more, just generally live your life.
It also, needless to say, removes a lot of mens economic power over women. Now that women can complete college and get a career going before having kids, they compete with men on more equal footing. All those women sneering about reproductive rights on Fox News are, I guarantee it, pure hypocrites on this front. I doubt very much that Andrea Tantaros is a virgin, but she certainly seems to think that your opportunities to work and get an education should be ruined by having a normal, healthy sexuality in the way opportunities were not.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/the-attack-on-planned-parenthood-is-more-about-contraception-than-abortion/
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And I do think this is lying, and not an honest mistake. That information is out there. I believe, very strongly, that Tantaros and OReilly know full well that Planned Parenthood is primarily a source of contraception for low income womenand that is why they hate it. Planned Parenthood combines two things that conservatives hate: 1) It provides services that allow low income people to live better lives and improve their economic opportunities.* 2) It promotes the idea that women should be able to have sex on their own terms.
Allowing women to have sex on their own terms is threatening because it really disrupts the system that keeps men in power over women in personal relationships. Its not just that it makes it harder to trap a woman with pregnancy, though that is part of it. But its more that, as long as unwanted childbearing is a threat hanging over womens head, it injects a major power imbalance into sexual relationships. The woman has to live with the consequences for having sex, but the man can walk away. So that helps keep up cultural norms that make women placating and submissive. But the more that women can have sex on their own terms without fear of unintended childbearing, the more leverage they have in relationships with men. Is he a domineering dick? Well, good thing you didnt have kids with him! Just walk away. You can experiment, date around more, just generally live your life.
It also, needless to say, removes a lot of mens economic power over women. Now that women can complete college and get a career going before having kids, they compete with men on more equal footing. All those women sneering about reproductive rights on Fox News are, I guarantee it, pure hypocrites on this front. I doubt very much that Andrea Tantaros is a virgin, but she certainly seems to think that your opportunities to work and get an education should be ruined by having a normal, healthy sexuality in the way opportunities were not.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/the-attack-on-planned-parenthood-is-more-about-contraception-than-abortion/
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Planned Parenthood combines two things that conservatives hate (Original Post)
phantom power
Jul 2015
OP
daleanime
(17,796 posts)1. K&R.....
niyad
(113,568 posts)2. k and r for truth
randys1
(16,286 posts)3. The lying films are being made by "Live Action" under a new name, "Live Action" is
a known liar group.
And yes, they want Women to die in back alleys or take orders and behave.
One of the other
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)4. k/r
The Catholic Bishops admitted this goal after Griswold was decided in 65'.