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[trinityvixen]

I love how when the only man coming to writing group is delayed, the ladies all set to talking about bra shopping. It makes me glad to hear (and sad, too, of course) that it is a universally trying process. No matter your cup size or circumference about the chest, there's always something that makes it impossible to buy bras at one point or the other. I'm not saying that we should be glad of this, but it's nice to know that women are as unique as I like to think we all are.

It also occurred to me in our discussion of prices that it's not fair there's not similiarly expensive must-have for men. I suppose a sports cup comes close, but not really. Makes me think of this presentation we saw in health class in high school about gender equality. Made me think of subconscious ways in which the gender war has gone in the era of political correctness. Yes, we should be damned worried about the overturning of Roe v. Wade, but there are still other, less obvious deficiencies that need looking after. One of them is the bra, oddly enough, more specifically the Wonder-bra. The presentation in health class I saw proposed we institute the "wonder-jock," a device to make a man's package more prominent in the way the wonder-bra enhanced smaller bust lines and put larger ones just that much more out there.

I think there was a proto-feminist rant in there somewhere, but I haven't the energy to keep it going.

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[earthrise.livejournal.com]

The point is that, with a situation in which it's impossible to categorically dismiss all abortion cases as "wrong" (c.f. this case about Claudia Crown Ades continued here for a good example of the cases whereby it is "right," in addition to being a good example of the pain and horror most women who need abortions go through) , the government simply CANNOT pass or revoke an absolute law illegalizing and/or criminalizing a medical procedure.

Unless I've missed Dayle's point, and the point of most people who seek to protect Roe v. Wade, nobody goes to get abortions for fun. It's an emotionally and physically trying process, but one that cannot be banned for health and humanity reasons.