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To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (1187)	12/16/2000 2:19:08 PM
From: Don Pueblo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

Well, I suppose that is one way to look at it, and I suppose that there are women that think that way. What I am honestly and sincerely trying to do here is understand not the "probably" and "maybe" stuff, but the actual real stuff. I am not trying to pick a fight. I swear to God I am not. I want to understand how it is that I am a racist, homophobe Nazi sexist. I want to understand how I am branded that when I don't agree with it.

To: YlangYlangBreeze who wrote (1187)	12/17/2000 6:01:08 PM
From: Greta Mc	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 6089

I read your post yesterday and have been thinking about it. I am a single, heterosexual woman, and am against abortion (I don't like those catch phrases of "pro-choice, pro-life"...I prefer to call it what it is, "abortion"), and I don't fit the stereotype you described: "A woman who is pro-life is probably married and Christian, Catholic or Mormon, (or influenced by those spheres). So yes, in a sense she is sexist, reflecting back the misogynistic tyranny of her faith, still paying for the sins of Eve." I've never been married, and was raised with no religious influences. I remember when I was around 16 (lo so many years ago), when a family friend's daughter who was also 16 was going to have a baby and her family decided to help her raise the baby, and my mother and I discussed it. I assumed that if I was in that position, my parents would do the same. But I was wrong. For the first time I heard my mother's feelings on abortion and one of the things she said was, "If you become pregnant, you WILL have an abortion." I said, "Oh, no...I could never do anything like that." And she said, "Oh, yes you would, because you can't afford to raise a child and we (my parents) aren't going to do it for you." I still protested this hypothetical argument, but I walked away, with neither of us changing our stance on abortion, wondering where I came up with my values because they certainly didn't seem to come from my mother (may she rest in peace). And I don't think I'm sexist: I really wish there was more education for young women stating the obvious: "Whether you like it or not, YOU are the ones who bear children, so do all you can to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place, so you don't even have to face the abortion option later on." So, my point is that there are actually women out there who are against abortion, single, and weren't raised with any religious background, and although you said "probably," I felt compelled to respond.