WTF USA?

[paraxeni]

 I'm lost for words, I'm in tears actually.

How is this possible?

How, after all the years of suffrage, sacrifice, deaths and fighting can the message still be "The only good woman is one who's barefoot, pregnant and chained to the kitchen sink."?  How the fuck does anyone get the idea that an 'unfeminine' girl, one who doesn't want armfuls of babies

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[nightchild01]

I saw that yesterday. It's terrifying.

[paraxeni]

There were so many people on LJ and reddit saying "Well, I can see why...". I've spent the last week (life stuff, this and the fallout from it) just ragey, and numb, and sick to death. I get to belong to a country that protects me and my rights, I cannot grasp how scary it must be for people without that privilege.

[nightchild01]

The thing that really horrified me is that it only works on girls who have that condition. But you can't test for that condition until the second trimester and women who first find out they're pregnant are told to take it if they're "at-risk" for having a girl with that condition. Before you even can know what the gender is. It makes the condition in boys way worse AND it apparently can shorten the lifespan of girls who are treated by it. There's not been any significant studies to even back the claims that the drug makes. It's really horrifying.

[ilikerivers]

We just got our first female PM here and already it's all about her being unwed, living in sin and her having a 'barren womb' by choice. I'm furious.

[ilikerivers]

OMFG, I'm reading that article. It's SO FUCKED UP.

[ilikerivers]

Is this not illegal?

[paraxeni]

You'd think so, wouldn't you? Scary scary stuff.

Your new PM kicks arse so much. Even if she is an abomination and stuff :D

[xx40]

makes me mad...