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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whoa...good for you, PPs. I felt that strongly when I was younger. Now, "it's the economy, stupid."[/quote]

Do you have daughters???

It doesn't matter to me how good the economy is if I cannot fully participate in it as a free person.  If I am forced to stay pregnant, or forced to feed/house/provide or pay for care for another child, it limits my ability to fully participate in this dream economy of yours.  I'm not a big "equal pay" person but one could argue that if the economy discriminates against me, subtly or directly, for being female, for being pregnant, for needing maternity time off or for being a mother, then I am also not free to participate fully in your economy.

If the government passes laws govering my body then I am little better than another piece of property being passed around in this economy.

I'm not willing to condenm my daughter or anyone else's to a life of poverty, a life as a second class citizen, if she makes a mistake and gets knocked up, or if (god forbid) she is a victim of legitimate rape.

And I don't think for one second that these old, white men are unaware of the disadvantage they are placing women at when they make us bear the costs of parenting.  I think it's one more way for the white male to maintain his supremacy.

So in a way you are right, it IS the economy, stupid.

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