Yesterday on Ethika Politika I discussed current feminists' ironic slams against women. You can read the article in its entirety both there and below.
Vita Pro Omni!
Her Own Worst Enemy
It is one thing when a person attempts to fortify abortion using personhood rhetoric. After all, if it is true that the fetus is not a person like us, perhaps it is permissible to take his or her life in order to serve the supposed benefit of someone else— a someone who is a person like us. Of course, this kind of abortion defense does fail on several significant scientific and philosophical accounts, but at least it’s a decent attempt; the abortion advocate is addressing the heart of the issue: namely, the moral status of the fetus.
It is another thing— quite entirely— when one defends abortion from “women’s rights” arguments. The modern feminist who often commits this perplexity is, in actuality, defending the antithesis of any kind of female liberation. To say that abortion is fundamental to a woman’s equal place in society is one of the lowest blows against my gender; for to say this is to propagate one among several discriminatory, anti-woman beliefs inherent in the pro-choice mentality.
The belief to which I am referring suggests that there is something regrettable about a woman’s natural capacity to conceive and bear children. The abortion advocate attacks the unique sexuality of a woman and squashes the sense of pride she experiences in being able to bring life into the world— a miracle no man can replicate[1]. Attempts to artificially sterilize and de-sex women by stripping their wombs of life are degrading and offensive. No woman should be made to feel by society— and have confirmed by pro-choice legislation— that something is intrinsically wrong with her body.
Yet isn’t this precisely the case for American women today? The responsible modern-day woman will go on the Pill so that her fertility does not become an undesired burden to society. Her biology is consistently high-maintenance and potentially expensive, so artificial birth control and abortion are necessary means of mastering her reproductive ability. On its own, a woman’s body just isn’t good enough.
To strip women of their distinct sexuality in the name of feminism is senseless. It suggests an underlying belief that only those qualities which are male are valuable, or worth celebrating, or deserving of respect. It propagates the lie that pregnancy is a problem up to women to prevent at any and all costs— even the cost of their own dignity.
As long as the modern feminist continues to voluntarily reduce herself by means of artificial birth control and abortion, she will be her own worst enemy.
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