“There’s life on another planet if we can find single-celled organisms.” “Oh, a fetus? Just a clump of cells. Means nothing.”

communismkills:

Uh huh.

Bacteria is viable, a fetus with a heartbeat does not necessarily mean it is viable. 

Generally, abortion is legal within a “viability time limit” (here in the U.S. Roe v. Wade states anytime in the 9 months, where after 24 weeks abortion is usually performed for health reasons). Up to that 24 weeks a fetus does not have a high survival rate. Premie babies is what we call them, and although there are some miracle instances where the baby survives and thrives, there is still a large amount of premie deaths.

As early as 5 weeks a mother is able to faintly hear the fetus’ heartbeat. 5 WEEKS. If that fetus was to be born the moment the heartbeat is heard it would not survive. That’s not life, that’s not a viable organism. It’s the size of rice, has no distinguishable traits, and doesn’t have unique fingerprints. As far as I’m concerned that’s not life. Life is viable. Life can survive, grow, and thrive.

That is what separates bacteria on Mars and a heartbeat on Earth.

And if you want to get real nit-picky; this question is stupid because by that same logic, those who believe bacteria on Mars is no different than a heartbeat on Earth and are anti-abortion should never again take antibiotics. Or else they’re just a bunch of murderers. (via anndruyan)

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Oh and I’m still waiting for an answer about this.

“Women were illiterate before feminism”.

communismkills:

ionosphere-negate:

communismkills:

How the fuck did they teach Sunday school, then?

Someone really thinks this? People even? How-

We-are-star-stuff.

Ha. I never said that.

You know, for someone who’s always saying “the left twist my words” you sure don’t know how to read.

I wrote “you can hate feminism all you want, but without feminism you probably wouldn’t even know how to write that, less alone vote”, which is not the same.

Let’s see..

Throughout history, american women have had less access to education than their male counterparts. In the early years of american history women were discouraged from pursuing higher education because it was culturally considered unnatural for a woman to be educated. It was more appropiate to learn domestic skills in order to be a good housewife.

Coinciding with the beginnings of the first wave of feminism in the 19th century came the attempt by women to gain equal rights to education in the United States. Women’s rights organizations focused on adjusting and increasing women’s place in the public arena by arguing that the only fundamental differences between women and men were socially created ones, and thus women should be offered the same extensive and practical education that was offered to men. After long battles against gender oppression women finally obtained the right to be educated through several government acts/conventions, the opening of facilities willing to educate them, and the opportunity to continue into higher education.

In 1848 the Seneca Falls Convention was held in New York to gain support for education and suffrage (and was the first women’s rights convention), but it had little immediate impact because at that time women were still considered the property of men rather than individuals in society. This convention is significant because it created a foundation for efforts toward equal education for women, even though it was not actually achieved until much later. It was not until the 20th century that the need to educate women for careers and professions was recognized.

But of course you’re going to focus on that and ignore the rest of my response, as usual.

If you are an anti-feminist woman and you vote - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman and you enjoy the rights of contract and property law - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman who practices safe, legal family planning - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman who wants to or needs to work ‘outside the home’ - you didn’t build that. 

If you are an anti-feminist woman who works and is paid the same as the man in the next cubicle - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman but sadly divorced yet benefitting from family law reforms (allowing you to have custody of your children, for example) - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman who has achieved higher education - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman in a profession formerly seen as ‘male’ - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman with recourse to sexual harassment/discrimination remedies in the workplace - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman who needs daycare for her children - you didn’t build that.

If you are an anti-feminist woman who took maternity leave to have those children - you didn’t build that.

Anti-feminist women love to shriek ‘feminists don’t speak for me!’

No. We don’t. But the accomplishments of the feminist movement - and ongoing struggles - benefit ALL of you.

You’re welcome. 

Let me literally repeat myself.

communismkills:

One day, people will realize that women’s suffrage had nothing to do with “feminism”, but it was a federalist, state-wide movement in the western frontier because women were able to protect their families (using guns) and own property the same way men could, equally. Men viewed women as equals, because they acted as equals, instead of whining to the government for special protection and “free” stuff.

Women’s suffrage had literally nothing to do with “feminism”, the same movement which is now all about “free” abortion and “free” birth control.

…wat.

The history of the modern western feminist movements is divided into three “waves”. Each is described as dealing with different aspects of the same feminist issues. The first wave refers to the movement of the 19th through early 20th centuries, which dealt mainly with suffrage, working conditions and educational rights for women and girls. The second wave (1960s-1980s) dealt with the inequality of laws, as well as cultural inequalities and the role of women in society. The third wave of feminism (late 1980s-early 2000s (decade)), is seen as both a continuation of the second wave and a response to the perceived failures.

Prominent leaders of the first wave feminist movement in the United States include Lucretia Coffin Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton (she wrote “We now demand our right to vote” in 1848), Lucy Stone, and Susan B. Anthony; Anthony and other activists such as Victoria Woodhull and Matilda Joslyn Gage made attempts to cast votes prior to their legal entitlement to do so, for which many of them faced charges.

Anthony and Stanton drafted the nineteenth amendment and first introduced it in 1878; it was forty-one years later, in 1919, when the Congress submitted the amendment to the states for ratification.

You can see the timeline of women’s suffrage events here, and you can read more here.

The nineteenth amendment was the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. It has nothing to do with guns. 

So yeah, you can hate feminism all you want, but without feminism you probably wouldn’t even know how to write that, less alone vote.

The feminist movement has accomplished its goal of giving woman a voice. Without it you couldn’t post your ignorant opinions on the internet, dress the way you want, go to college, marry whoever you want, etc.