File spoon-archives/marxism-thaxis.archive/marxism-thaxis_1998/marxism-thaxis.9801, message 757


From: Carrol Cox <cbcox-AT-rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Subject: Re: M-TH: An indignant note to Carrol
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 1998 00:50:09 -0600 (CST)


Rob,

I'm sorry. I've always thought you a positive element on the lists. And in
fact I did not have you in mind when I wrote that post. But still, now
that you raise the issue, I do tend to identify opposition to abortion
with misogyny. And as Yoshi and I have made abundantly clear, we do not
accept mere "pro-choice" positions as satisfactory.

When all the philosophical and technical arguments are in, the fact
remains that unless women can be freed from unwanted pregnancies (for any
reason) sexual equality remains a myth. And present methods of birth
control are lacking even for the "sophisticated" with solid economic
resources, let alone for the vast bulk of the world's women. I know
nothing about anyone's inner soul: insistence on making women
"responsible" for their reproductive choices is (and here Leo will find a
peg to hang his charge of Stalinism on) objectively misogynistic. Nor will
I accept any horseshit about making men responsible until the complete
achievement of that (whatever it might mean) is at least a century or two
in the past.

Carrol


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