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In reply to the discussion: Is anybody asking men, "What if your wife was raped and became pregnant?" [View all]Grammy23
(6,123 posts)26. These conversations almost always are made in the abstract. And in that context you get one
answer. Then when it comes down to specifics, you get another. These issues should never be discussed solely in the abstract
because it removes the emotion, the trauma and reality from the discussion. Once you make it about REAL women, it takes on another dimension and is much harder to be dispassionate and academic about it. And the fact is, no matter how hypothetical you make the argument, it is always about REAL women. Ask your friends and co-workers about the issue of rape and any personal experience they have with it. You might be surprised how many of them know from PERSONAL experience what that is about.
The reason the woman who was asked about what she would do if it were her daughter in that situation can't talk about it without being offended or put off is because it IS highly emotionally charged. When it comes down to cases, they know they won't hold the same opinions if it is about someone they know and love. So they just go into a state of denial that it could ever happen to them or someone they know.
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Is anybody asking men, "What if your wife was raped and became pregnant?" [View all]
starroute
Oct 2012
OP
i did ask an anti abortion woman this about her daughter. she was aghast that i would say soemthing
seabeyond
Oct 2012
#1
That's the question to ask. Not about the wife, but about the 12 yr. old daughter.
Indpndnt
Oct 2012
#63
I think a man could be equally traumatized by a system that forces her to carry the child.
reusrename
Oct 2012
#67
And how about calling it the "health of the WOMAN," not the "mother" because what if she
CTyankee
Oct 2012
#15
I agree. The whole argument is based on a premise that puts rape in a different category
Texin
Oct 2012
#29
Anti-choice men would be all for abortion for their OWN wives in that case. Just nobody else's.
forestpath
Oct 2012
#17
These conversations almost always are made in the abstract. And in that context you get one
Grammy23
Oct 2012
#26
Well in a republican religious household I can see the daddy or the husband telling his
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#27