{"id":240,"date":"2018-11-29T00:13:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T00:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/14-1\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2018-12-05T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T00:00:21","slug":"our-bodies-do-not-belong-to-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-1\/our-bodies-do-not-belong-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"our bodies do not belong to us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megan Donnan\u00a0(Bio)<\/a><\/h4>\n

East County Pregnancy Care Clinic in El Cajon California, a \u201ccrisis pregnancy center,\u201d provides free ultrasounds to pregnant women.1<\/sup>\u00a0They will give the mother diapers and a car seat if she has the baby. They give no information on where to obtain an abortion. A new law says they\u00a0have to\u00a0disclose information about \u201clow-cost abortion, contraception, and prenatal care\u201d now available to low-income women. The clinic refuses to do so. Of the 170-200 clinics operating in California, 70 are under the supervision of a physician.2<\/sup> \u201cMany women can\u2019t afford medical care and are unaware of the state financed option that includes prenatal care, delivery and pediatric coverage, or, if a woman\u00a0chooses<\/i>\u00a0it, abortion.\u201d The information they provide may not be complete, or even accurate, but at least it is moral. After the implementation of this law, the clinics exclaim\u00a0but the first amendment.<\/i><\/p>\n

Jerry Falwell, American Southern Baptist pastor and formal head of the Moral Majority,\u00a0said,\u00a0\u201cThe first amendment is not without limits.\u201d3<\/sup><\/p>\n

Anti-abortion activist\u00a0Troy Newman has touted himself as a champion for the children. He claims abortionists are systematically waging a war against the unborn.4<\/sup> Those of us who have been born are of less concern for Troy. The Operation Rescue\u2019s National Headquarters displays a memorial to aborted fetuses of the Abortion Holocaust. The mothers are not pictured.<\/p>\n

Many medical procedures, including childbirth, are far more dangerous to patients. In truth, \u201ccomplications from abortions are both rare, and rarely dangerous.\u201d5<\/sup>\u00a0The woman is not in any serious amount of danger during an abortion, but then again that\u2019s not a concern for us. Donald Trump claimed that\u00a0partial birth abortions<\/i>\u00a0are a rampant epidemic:\u00a0\u201cYou can take the\u00a0baby and rip the baby out of the womb of the mother.\u201d\u00a0Partial Birth Abortion\u00a0<\/i>is not an accepted medical term by abortion practitioners or the medical community at large. In 2002, only 0.17% of all abortions in the US were performed using intact birth dilation and evacuation.6<\/sup><\/p>\n

See the\u00a0National Right to Life<\/i>\u00a0website for disingenuous alternative facts regarding this topic.<\/p>\n

In 2016, Planned Parenthood provided 706,903 HIV tests and diagnosed 222,365 STIs. They also provided 617,677 breast exams and pap tests.7<\/sup>\u00a0Abortions only make up three percent of Planned Parenthood\u2019s medical services. Nearly 4 in 10 women report that it is their only source of health care.8<\/sup><\/p>\n

We all know that health care is a privilege, not a right in the United States, you\u00a0liberal snowflake.<\/p>\n

More than 3,700 women have filed complaints against Bayer group, the makers of Essure.9<\/sup>\u00a0Essure\u00a0<\/i>is a medical device that permanently sterilizes the patient. Side effects include infection, vomiting, nausea, and displacement of the coils into your uterine wall that may cause a hysterectomy at age 26. Please save any potential babies before the procedure is performed.\u00a0Essure\u00a0<\/i>was designed to remain in place for a lifetime but was approved by the FDA based on short-term safety studies.10<\/sup>\u00a0The current commissioner for the FDA, Dr. Scott Gottlieb was a former general partner at New Enterprise Associates (NEA), a large venture capital firm that funded two startups, Conceptus and Gynecare.11<\/sup><\/p>\n

Conceptus was sold to\u00a0Essure\u2019s\u00a0Bayer in\u00a02013 for 1.1 billion dollars.\u00a0Gynecare\u00a0was sold to Johnson and Johnson\u2019s Ethicon in 1997 for 79 million dollars. Ethicon is a transvaginal mesh brand.12<\/sup><\/p>\n

Transvaginal mesh is put in place for women with Pelvic Organ Prolapse.13<\/sup>\u00a0It was placed\u00a0on the market after no clinical trial. NHS data suggest as many as one in fifteen women requires full or partial removal of the implant.14<\/sup>\u00a0Tissue grows around and into the metal mesh once inserted. Husbands report that sex after the implantation is like fucking a chicken wire. Wives report that they want medicine that won\u2019t kill them.\u00a0Removing it is nearly impossible. The device provides extra support to weakened organs and repair to damaged tissue. Subsequent life-saving surgery may be required.<\/p>\n

Foreign objects in the body are undesirable, but sometimes necessary.<\/p>\n

One in five women in college experiences sexual assault.15<\/sup>\u00a0Women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or gay are more likely to experience sexual assault on college campuses than heterosexual women.16<\/sup>\u00a0Nineteen in twenty\u00a0sexual assaults on college campuses go unreported, oftentimes because the victims feel threatened, or because they do not think their assaults were\u00a0\u201cserious\u201d enough (i.e. forced penetration).17<\/sup> Some girls\u00a0\u201crape easy\u201d\u00a0according to former Wisconsin Republican Representative Roger Rivard,18<\/sup>\u00a0so\u00a0can we really blame men?<\/p>\n

Republican Representative Stephen Friend provides us with a\u00a0solution for unwanted pregnancies\u00a0from rapes unbeknownst to the best doctors. \u201cThe odds are one\u00a0in millions and millions and millions. And there is a physical reason for that. Rape, obviously, is a traumatic\u00a0experience. When that traumatic experience is undergone, a woman secretes a certain secretion, which\u00a0has a tendency to\u00a0kill sperm.\u201d19<\/sup><\/p>\n

Please note, if women are unable to secrete the secretion and becomes impregnated, carrying the baby full-term is required.<\/p>\n

Twenty states, including Washington D.C require a rape conviction to block parental rights\u00a0of the rapist\u2014they mean father.\u00a0Libby Emmons from\u00a0The Federalist\u00a0<\/i>says that:<\/p>\n

\u201cDecades of feminist discourse would tell us that women have the exact same sexual rights and privileges as their male counterparts do…the third wave states that women have the same right to engage in sex with as many partners as they choose, whenever they choose, and without any shame.\u201d20<\/sup><\/p>\n

The real issue is that women are not shamed enough, but it is a terrible time to be a young man in the United States.<\/p>\n

For every African-American woman who reports her rape, at least fifteen do not.21<\/sup>\u00a0Transgender women lack basic rights to their bodies in the eyes of the law. There is no federal law designating transgender as a protected class or even requiring equal treatment for transgender people.22<\/sup>\u00a0 Women\u00a0of color are pushed to the margins by men in power\u2014and white women. They do more for feminism than many white feminists acknowledge. We talk\u00a0only\u00a0about Gloria Steinem, Susan B. Anthony,\u00a0and\u00a0Lena Dunham.\u00a0They\u00a0do not have the privilege of only focusing on gender issues; they must also combat the systematic oppression of racism.23<\/sup><\/p>\n

Feminism\u00a0has to\u00a0include women of color and transgender women. Feminism\u00a0has to\u00a0include women of color and transgender women. Feminism\u00a0has to\u00a0include women of color and transgender women.<\/p>\n

Jasmin Kaur, a Sikh poet and activist wrote the italicized text below.24<\/sup> I have added a few timely current events.<\/p>\n

scream<\/i><\/p>\n

During the Brett\u00a0Kavanaugh\u00a0confirmation hearings, protestors pound the doors of the Senate. Mike Pence came down the steps to chants of \u201cShame.\u201d25<\/sup>\u00a0He was uncomfortable in a crowd of women without his mother (wife).<\/p>\n

so that one day<\/i><\/p>\n

a hundred years from now<\/i><\/p>\n

What happened 35 years ago matters. You are still responsible for your actions when you are 17. Our actions today matter.<\/p>\n

another sister will not have to<\/i><\/p>\n

dry her tears wondering<\/i><\/p>\n

Dr. Christine\u00a0Blasey\u00a0Ford testified, her voice shaking at times, but thoroughly recounted the trauma she experienced.26<\/sup>\u00a0Brett\u00a0Kavanaugh, red faced and defiant, said he liked beer.<\/p>\n

where in history\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

she lost her voice.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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End Notes<\/p>\n

1. Eckholm, Erik. \u201cPregnancy Clinics Fight for Right to Deny Abortion Information\u201d\u00a0The New York Times.<\/i>\u00a010 Feb 2016.<\/p>\n

2. Ibid.<\/p>\n

3. \u201cJerry\u00a0Falwell,\u201d\u00a0Wikipedia<\/i>.\u00a0Last updated: 8 Oct 2018.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 \u201cTroy Newman (activist),\u201d\u00a0Wikipedia.<\/i>\u00a0en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Troy_Newman(activist)\u00a0<\/i>last updated: 13 Aug2018.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Stern, Mark\u00a0Joesph. \u201cRuth Bader Ginsburg Slams Texas\u2019 Anti-Abortion Arguments: Beyond Rational Belief\u201d,\u00a0Slate.\u00a0<\/i>27 June 2016.<\/p>\n

6. Attanasio, Shannon and Lydia Mitts. \u201cReasons Planned Parenthood is an Essential Care Provider,\u201d\u00a0FamiliesUSA<\/i>, 13 Jan 2017.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Planned Parenthood, \u201c2016 Affiliate medical Services Data\u201d 2016-2017 Annual Report,\u00a0Planned Parenthood,\u00a0<\/i>2017.<\/p>\n

8. Ibid.<\/p>\n

9. \u201cPart 1: Venture Capital Firm New Enterprise Associates is Paid to Kill Women\u201d\u00a0Killing my Career.\u00a0<\/i>18 Feb 2016.<\/p>\n

10. Ibid.<\/p>\n

11. \u201cNew Enterprise Associates,\u201d\u00a0Wikipedia.\u00a0<\/i>last updated: 4 Oct 2018.<\/p>\n

12. Ibid.<\/p>\n

13. \u201cTransvaginal Mesh.\u201d Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery,\u00a0USLA Health,\u00a0<\/i>last updated: 30 Nov 2017.<\/p>\n

14. \u201cGet the facts about transvaginal mesh complications\u201d\u00a0Mayo Clinic<\/i>, last updated: 2018.<\/p>\n

15. \u201cCampus Sexual Assault in Illinois,\u201d\u00a0Chicago says no more.\u00a0<\/i>11 Sept 2015.<\/p>\n

16. 1bid.<\/p>\n

17. \u201cWomen of Color and Sexual Assault\u201d\u00a0Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence.\u00a0<\/i>2018.<\/p>\n

18. Marley, Patrick. \u201cRep. Roger\u00a0Rivard\u00a0criticized for \u2018some girls rape easy\u2019 remark\u201d,\u00a0Journal Sentinel,\u00a0<\/i>10 Oct 2013.<\/p>\n

19. Vierira,\u00a0Prajna\u00a0Brianna. \u201cRape Culture Sounds Like This,\u201d\u00a0Women\u2019s March Minnesota,\u00a0<\/i>5 November 2017.<\/p>\n

20. Emmons, Libby. \u201cIf Women Want to Be Free to Make Choices About Sex, They Need to Accept Responsibility for Bad Choices Too,\u201d\u00a0The Federalist.\u00a0<\/i>8 Oct. 2018.<\/p>\n

21. Butler,\u00a0Anthea. \u201cWomen of Color and Feminism\u201d\u00a0Rewire News.\u00a0<\/i>28 July 2013.<\/p>\n

22. Moreau, Julie. \u201cFederal Civil Rights Law Doesn\u2019t Protect Transgender Workers, Justice Department Says.\u201d\u00a0NBC News.\u00a0<\/i>5 Oct 2017.<\/p>\n

23. Butler,\u00a0Anthea\u00a0\u201cWomen of Color and Feminism\u201d<\/p>\n

24. Tatum, Alexis. \u201cSikh poet Jasmin Kaur calls out white feminists for co-opting her work\u201d\u00a0The Daily Dot,\u00a0<\/i>8 Oct 2018.<\/p>\n

25. Rosenblatt,\u00a0Kalhan. \u201cProtesters pound the door of the Supreme Court following\u00a0Kavanaugh\u00a0confirmation,\u201d\u00a0NBC News,\u00a0<\/i>6 Oct 2018.<\/p>\n

26. Barnes, Robert and\u00a0Seung\u00a0Min Kim, \u201cCharges and denials fuel an emotional hearing as\u00a0Kavanaugh\u00a0nomination hangs in the balance.\u201d\u00a0The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/i>27 September 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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