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Although the connection between feminism and antinatalism has already been made (more notably in L’Art de Guillotiner les Procréateurs), it hasn’t really been explored in much depth. I wanted to expand on it somewhat and discuss more concrete arguments for what we can call feminist antinatalism, because I think it does deserve a category of its own.
I expect that many readers who are interested in antinatalism are not necessarily interested in feminism, so I should start by defining what I mean by feminism, because there are many different ideas out there of what feminism is about. By feminism I mean a movement by women to expose and eradicate the Patriarchy, the hierarchy by which men are superiors and women are inferiors (note that I am not saying they are actually superiors and inferiors in reality, only within the worldview propagated by the Patriarchy). I reject the view that the…
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May 15, 2016 at 3:58 pm
Francois Tremblay
Thanks for the reblog!
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May 15, 2016 at 4:32 pm
The Arbourist
@Francois Tremblay
Your commentary has always been top drawer, thank you for your hard work. :>
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May 15, 2016 at 4:45 pm
Francois Tremblay
I feel the same way about you! Thank you for having such a great blog.
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May 16, 2016 at 5:54 am
roughseasinthemed
It’s a good post and one I missed due to my offlineness. So, it as a useful reblog. A subject that interests me as it is core to radfeminism.
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May 16, 2016 at 6:21 am
Francois Tremblay
I think it is too, insofar as natalism is necessarily the enemy, and one of the main enemies, of feminism, no matter how you dice it. The oppression of women is usually driven by the need for more procreation for national, religious, or cultural “interests.”
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May 16, 2016 at 6:57 am
roughseasinthemed
You can look at it at a complex level, or a simplistic one. There is the whole ‘defining women’ thing (which women seem to be able to do increasingly less of, that’s a man’s job even moreso now), bodily autonomy of course, the risks to health in pregnancy which you pointed out, and fairy tales – whether they about fictitious deities or strict societal gender definitions. As I said on your post, people need to think instead of buying into whatever is flavour of the month just because.
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