If they think those are babies, then they don't think women are people, they think they are incubators. Which is accurate. For 99% of us here, that's hating women. You seem to think if people were persuaded they were not babies, it would change something. But these people oppose contraception and no-fault divorce too. They have a very specific view of the role of women, as a tool for men (and 'God') to use and nothing more. THAT is the problem. You cannot separate any of the 'baby' talk from that. It may be an emotional catalyst, but the underlying thought process that makes it possible is a view of women that is nowhere near fully human.
If we cannot expose the fairytales and mythology that anti-abortionists have about a woman's pregnancy, we will never restore the right to abortion.
That is not to say there are not other problems regarding beliefs about women and sexuality in general. But clearly misogyny is not all there is to it. There is a lot of derelict and corrupt beliefs about sexuality in general across the entire political spectrum that threaten men and women alike.
If they think those are babies, then they don't think women are people, they think they are incubators. Which is accurate. For 99% of us here, that's hating women. You seem to think if people were persuaded they were not babies, it would change something. But these people oppose contraception and no-fault divorce too. They have a very specific view of the role of women, as a tool for men (and 'God') to use and nothing more. THAT is the problem. You cannot separate any of the 'baby' talk from that. It may be an emotional catalyst, but the underlying thought process that makes it possible is a view of women that is nowhere near fully human.
If we cannot expose the fairytales and mythology that anti-abortionists have about a woman's pregnancy, we will never restore the right to abortion.
That is not to say there are not other problems regarding beliefs about women and sexuality in general. But clearly misogyny is not all there is to it. There is a lot of derelict and corrupt beliefs about sexuality in general across the entire political spectrum that threaten men and women alike.