Sunday, June 24, 2012

When you say...

When you say you are a feminist then deny women the right to bodily autonomy you become a hypocrite.

When you say some women think only of themselves in birth and not the baby, you become condescending.

When you say that homebirth is dangerous and selfish, you deny the horrendous experiences of many women in the hospital system and display your own lack of understanding regarding women's choices.

When you say the baby is the only important thing, you overlook the glaring fact that a mother's mental health impacts directly on that baby. You ignore the incidence of post natal depression/ post partum psychosis/ post traumatic stress disorder as a direct result of traumatic birth.

When you deliberately and repeatedly bait women on emotive issues with sensationalist headlines and no thought to the genuine emotional responses of the women who read your 'news', you demonstrate a lack of empathy and sisterhood that makes me feel ill.

So long as women are willing to harshly judge other women for their choices, when those choices don't match their own, we cannot progress.

People make decisions based on their own research, understanding and personal ethics. Those decisions may not be the same as yours. Respect it, and move on.

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