[lbo-talk] Abortion, not a women's issue. How about femicide?

joanna 123hop at comcast.net
Mon Nov 14 00:28:38 PST 2005


Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:


> Realistically, though, a large number of men won't stand up for
> women's right to abortion unless women do, just as straights won't
> stand up for GLBT people's rights unless GLBT people do, the able-
> bodied won't stand up for the disabled's rights unless the disabled
> do, whites won't stand up for Blacks' rights unless Blacks do, etc.,
> at least not in substantial enough numbers to shift politics.

Absolutely. But note how often the second step never gets taken: to go beyond the identity-as-dividing-wall position. And, if you don't, that identity becomes a political dead end. Because ultimately the project of emancipation includes everyone or it includes no one.

Joanna



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