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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (11796)	4/18/2001 11:50:40 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I know something, but far from everything, about it. But girls sold into prostitution are not the persons who will be getting birth control from clinics anyhow. I agree it's not always easy for a woman to say no to her husband, or to someone her father has sold her to. If she tries and is forced anyhow, that's rape, which I excluded from my terms. And again these are not the women who are likely to have access to or be permitted to use birth control. What we need to do is empower women so no MEANS no. Empower them to have the right to control when and with whom they engage in sexual activity. There is an argument that could be made -- I'm not making it here, but acknowledging that it could be made -- that providing easy and accessible birth control makes it easier for men to justify dominating women sexually and puts off the need to enforce a woman's right to say no.