Woman = Flowerpot

[morgan_dhu]

Notice to all persons who have uteri.

It doesn't matter if you're Mary Magdalen or Mary Jones from around the corner, you are a flowerpot.

You may be a flowerpot that doesn't have any earth in it yet and can't grow anything until you get some, a flowerpot containing lots of earth but no precious seed - yet, a flowerpot just about to bring forth its bounty of blossoms, or an old cracked pot that can't hold water, earth or seed any more, but never forget that you are a flowerpot.

Has nothing changed since I was ten years old and being taught by some idiot what to expect now that I was "becoming a woman"? Are women to be forever assessed in terms of the content of their wombs, and not the content of their characters?

Comments

[guyindkny.livejournal.com]

OMG. So...women can't be trusted to take care of their own bodies, so we need to scare them into it? Oh, and you can pretty much add eating fish to the list of "Thou Shalt Not"s for women of childbearing years, as you wouldn't want to inadvertantly expose any potential foetuses to mercury... *shakes head*

[morgan-dhu.livejournal.com]

I see this as part of the same movement that would invade the privacy of women who are pregnant by forcing them into drug rehab programs or even putting them in jail if they don't voluntarily stop taking drugs/drinking alcohol/etc.

Yes, pregnant women are likely to be healthier themselves and to have healthier children if they follow medical advice on a lot of issues, but you cannot force people to care for themselves in certain ways, you can only educate. And create social conditions in which all people, not just women, are more inclined to feel that they have an equal share in the benefits of society - create conditions that promote engagement rather than marginalization.