Why do anti-feminists deny that sex-selective abortion in certain cultures in...

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...leading to societal problems? because of a skewed sex ratio?
Sorry, Yalay, *some* anti-feminists do deny it, or certainly appear to:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqcBTUA029_z4ELPvuXDYf3sy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20090429062723AALY1dc&show=7#profile-info-BkleL3F4aa
Know It All's answer:

"Saying that this is 'leading to problems with the sex ratio' is just a justification for their gender narcissism"

This appears to be denying that a sex ratio imbalance causes problems.
Marissa - "But isn't it feminists who are perfectly fine with abortion in the first place?" > I don't think anyone is 'completely fine' with abortion and that's a very simplistic way of looking at things. Also sex-selective abortions take place at a later stage of development.
Bluebeard - actually I do support a woman's right to choose. Unlike some people however I don't see things in black and white and can appreciate that cultural attitudes towards females is leading to a skewed sex ratio in some places.
 
I thought as a pro-life male my input in regards to any abortion is muted since I do not have a vagina.
 
Because if they admitted that it caused a problem, there would be no way to blame it on feminists, and they'd have to give up the their death-grip on the belief that feminism is the cause of all the evils of the world.
 
Anti-feminists do recognize that when feminists abort male fetuses that it creates an imbalance , but the alternative is feminists raising "broken boys/men" so little is said about it.
 
To get an answer from the anti feminists you refer to you would need to learn Mandarin.

In Europe and American you have more than enough women for puas to juggle between each other.
 
Samantha, I've never heard of "anti-feminists" saying that but apart from that - and I never thought I'd hear myself saying this - I think I broadly agree with you. Selective abortion because of gender narcissism has got to be wrong on every level.

I'm also told that in the US we also hear of mothers who didn't or couldn't abort dumping their little ones into bins and skips.

How inhuman can we get.
 
Well, of course it will lead to problems. I would have thought that would be obvious to anyone, even a feminist.

But in the western world, it is feminists who harp on endlessly about 'a woman's right to choose' so why would feminists object to sex-selective abortions anyway?
 
It's definitely a problem. But isn't it feminists who are perfectly fine with abortion in the first place?
 
Not sure how anyone can deny that, you've only got to look at China to see that it does. One thing I must add though; who are these "anti-feminists" that you speak of?
 
They do? I didn't hear anyone say that. I didn't see any of them saying that in the answers to that question you posted, either, so I'm not sure where you're getting this from.

Why are you reacting to their questions as if they are somehow attacking all women by stating that some women abort male babies because they're the wrong sex? Are they wrong to say something that's true? Is it bad to draw attention to something that a small handful of women are doing? Why does this strike a nerve with you?


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It doesn't appear that way to me. He didn't say that there is no imbalance.
 
They do? I didn't hear anyone say that. I didn't see any of them saying that in the answers to that question you posted, either, so I'm not sure where you're getting this from.

Why are you reacting to their questions as if they are somehow attacking all women by stating that some women abort male babies because they're the wrong sex? Are they wrong to say something that's true? Is it bad to draw attention to something that a small handful of women are doing? Why does this strike a nerve with you?


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It doesn't appear that way to me. He didn't say that there is no imbalance.
 
This doesn't have to do with a woman's right to choose, does it? Do you only support a woman's right to choose under x and y conditions? Are you in some way validating the personhood of the unborn fetus? If the unborn fetus is worthy of personhood, isn't it worthy of human rights? If it is worthy of human rights, is it worthy of the rights that you and I have? If it has those rights, the fetus cannot be terminated without it being called murder.
 
We don't deny it, but guess what? Feminists are encouraging abortion, and so they are the ones who are denying.

Abortion just because its your body, your choice seems stupid to me.


Its only when its sex-selective that feminists realize the stupidity.


EDIT:- He is pro-choice. I can't help it. I will go on to the lengths to say that its the feminists themselves who changed him to be a pro-choice.
 
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