Maybe her decision to have the baby and to keep the baby weren't wrong choices, but her decision to act this way is a choice she made and it's wrong. The "right" and "wrong"of this situation doesn't rest solely on (posted to Trying to be truly Pro-Choice.)
I understand where you're coming from - we did just have this big, important post recently that told privileged groups not to ask questions from non-privileged groups. Honestly, I'm surprised there aren't more posts with that kind of footnote at (posted to The most fascinating thing I found on the internet this week...)
How can anyone compare this to A Modest Proposal except in the vaguest of terms? A Modest Proposal was easily identified as satirical because of how plainly it stated its facts and how despite the plainness, the straight-forwardness, it was (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
I honestly think you've misinterpreted the polyamory example - it didn't not work out because she's a woman, but because she wasn't being honest and both the guys wanted to be monogamous. It's basic courtesy to be open about polyamory (posted to Bones on TV: mostly like, some ambivalence)
I didn't think you were griping. It seems like you're struggle with one of the quintessential human problems: Other people's choices. I was simply trying to share what I've learned, which is that there's little to nothing you can do (posted to Trying to be truly Pro-Choice.)
My brother participates in Civil War reenactments. My previous understanding of historical reenactment was based entirely on friends in the Society for Creative Anachronism and Renaissance fairs. Civil War reenactors are incredibly different. I asked my brother once about the (posted to The most fascinating thing I found on the internet this week...)
Yeah, a lot of the responses here are jsut so much bullshit. Abortion being legal and the woman's choice doesn't mean it's holy and can never be questioned. It means the opposite, actually: your decisions about abortion are *your decisions* (posted to Trying to be truly Pro-Choice.)
I'll have to disagree. - I've never heard them say in the show that she 'almost' has Asperger's; I think her lack of social skills is frequently chalked up to her nerdiness and involvement of work, that is, she doesn't (posted to Bones on TV: mostly like, some ambivalence)
How does Zack Addy fit into your thoughts about Bones being treated in a certain way because she's a woman? He was pretty identical to her and yet I never got the feeling that we were supposed to view him (posted to Bones on TV: mostly like, some ambivalence)