From: cbcox-AT-rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Carrol Cox)
Subject: Re: M-FEM: Re: Freud and Marx, Babies Out
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 20:14:15 -0500 (CDT)


    There is NO legitimacy to the idea that, "biologically speaking,"
anything at all follows. I can't even begin to imagine why any Marxist
would wish to raise this topic in this way. The next step in this
progression would be a condemnation of abortion and birth control.

    Carrol Cox

Red Flag wrote:

>
> This may already have been stated in this forum but here goes:
>
> Is there any lagitimacy to the idea that, Biologically speaking, one's
> primary task is to advance and perpetuate the species? Or have we trancended t
hat?
> One may not realize oneself as a mommy or a daddy, but gosh, the species is se
cure by
> at least one more!
>
> Stephen E Philion wrote:
> >
> > Linda,
> >
> > I woudn't want to deny the  transformative effects that having a child
> > can have on people.  But I am wary of the potential essentialisation or
> > idealisation of the experience.  That is to say, it is possible to be a
> > full human being and not be a mommy or daddy.  Many who have chosen to not
> > have children are people who do not need to have a child to connect with
> > be able to bond with others.[snip]
>
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