Are men aware when they have sexist views about women and just don't care?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
That was definitely his position with regard to our Hobby Lobby argument. Why should the government force insurance companies to cover it just so that women can have sex, was basically his view, only in many, many more words. I see that as a perceptible shift from, why should the government force insurance companies to cover anything, which is a fine policy view to have if you have a different conception of gov't. For the record, he is 100% on board with the individual mandate.

Also: If you (a woman) want to have sex, you (a woman) should be responsible for the consequences. And: I don't care that clinics that provide gynecologic care to women are being forced to close due to restrictive abortion laws, they aren't entitled to free care. Etc. I consider all of these things to be feminist issues. I get how reasonable people can disagree, but like I said, he's otherwise socially liberal, votes Democratic, is down with equal treatment for women, and is not religious. Except for the latent Catholic guilt. Maybe that explains it all...

I am as liberal as they come on most social issues but I agree with your husband for different reasons. Although I am not personally religious I recognize that there are people who have strong religious convictions. The Roman Catholic church has been against contraception for decades; it is not a position I agree with - and I am not RC - but I believe it is wrong to compel a RC employer to provide contraception as part of health coverage that the employer pays for.

So I supported the Hobby Lobby decision for the same reasons: the owners - admittedly a closely held company - were opposed to certain limited forms of contraception and IMO the SCOTUS made the correct decision to exempt them from having to provide coverage for those contraceptive methods they felt violated their religious convictions.

Religious liberty trumps social policy and compelling an individual/individuals to provide healthcare coverage for something that violates religious convictions is a violation of that religious liberty. Any employee who does not like HL's policies should find alternative employment.

Feminists need to be more selective as to the battles they choose to fight.