http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/77486/?page=entire Vaginas, V-Day and Anti-Violence Activism: Three Things Conservatives Wish Would Disappear
By Amanda Marcotte
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The feminist crime? Alerting the world about the existence of two things anti-feminists believe would be better ignored in hopes they'll go away: Vaginas and violence against women. Do right-wingers not know where babies come from, or is there more to the story?...
Vaginas do so much good for the world and violence against women doesn't do much good at all. Vaginas give pleasure and give birth, and violence against women is about punishing women for just that. Oh wait, that's the connection. Vaginas (and reproductive and sexual capacity in general) make society want to control women, and violence is the tool often used in service of that agenda. Playwright Eve Ensler made this connection many years ago after writing her famous and quite frankly funny play "The Vagina Monologues". The rampant misogyny that drives people to be afraid to discuss female bits without fear and shame also drives violence against women. ...
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