Oh, yes, I believe this expression of the basic partriarchal mindset of woman=fertile womb is definitely being exacerbated by the fact that huge numbers of women in the US have little or no access to health care, either for themselves or for prenatal care.
The men at the top look these women having unhealthy babies and reason that it can't be the fault of the glorious free enterprise system of medicine, it must be becasue these stupid women don't realise they could get pregnant at any time. and of course, becasue of the lack of effective sex education and the assorted limitations on contraception and abortion, many US women have less control over whether they get pregnant or not.
There's certainly a very strong reaction to this among the US women I know, but then... there is some question as to whether the US women I know are representative of the "average" US woman. ;-)
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Date: 2006-05-17 08:54 pm (UTC)The men at the top look these women having unhealthy babies and reason that it can't be the fault of the glorious free enterprise system of medicine, it must be becasue these stupid women don't realise they could get pregnant at any time. and of course, becasue of the lack of effective sex education and the assorted limitations on contraception and abortion, many US women have less control over whether they get pregnant or not.
There's certainly a very strong reaction to this among the US women I know, but then... there is some question as to whether the US women I know are representative of the "average" US woman. ;-)