Since speaking about woman rights I felt as though another set of important circumstances we should understand is that, individuals find almost anything and everything to argue, fuss or fight about. Everyone feels as though their opinion is right, and anyone who opposes is wrong. Over the years, one of the most controversial debates has been around the topic of Abortion: whether a woman should be allowed to have one, whether a man has a say in that part of the pregnancy, and even whether a underdeveloped embryo should be considered an actual human being. Through research around this topic, I feel as though a woman is entitled to do as she pleases to her body, and a man, if said before the birth of the child, shouldn’t have to take on fiscal responsibility if he really doesn’t want too. Before the 1970’s, Abortion was illegal, and considered a crime. Women went through a series of unsafe methods, as well as treatments, in order to terminate pregnancies they did not want. Many of these procedures were done “underground”, and had really terrible consequences, health wise, after. Many of these women would get sick, die or even badly injured just to do something that would affect their bodies, no one else’s.
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Hi Orvana,
It seems that when a movement gains popularity, people want to go against it. Like the feminist movement, when it picks up, feminists are given a negative reputation because people don’t like when women rebel. As you mentioned, when women’s rights joined the conversation, everyone had an opinion about what women do with their own bodies. I think a big part of this issue is people not being informed and spreading misinformation. This leads to the arguing and negative opinions.
Hey Orvana,
I one hundred percent agree with your point about people feeling like they have to argue about everything, especially with the easy access of the internet that has only heightened that behavior. The level of entitlement people who are chronically online have about arguing over things that don’t even concern them is bizarre. I also agree with you about how abortion should be up to the woman to decide because it’s her body so she should decide what she wants to do with it.
Hi Orvana,
That’s a great issue you pointed out there, I see that most people take feminism as a movement to just make things sound complicated. As you with the abortion situation, why do we have to argue whether women have the right or not while we can just leave it up to them since every woman is fully responsible for her decision. Some of the rights should not be discussed a lot and people who think they know a lot about feminism must focus on some serious issues that are more important than abortion.