tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post3372597197231901175..comments2023-10-20T21:52:36.752+05:30Comments on Cross Connections: Foetus and Feminism: What about the other Savitas?Farzana Verseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06891229615361937135noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-33723007056165920762012-11-26T17:55:36.255+05:302012-11-26T17:55:36.255+05:30Hello Dónal:
Thanks for stopping by. It is good t...Hello Dónal:<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by. It is good to know that you empathise with this issue. However, it's better not to paint yourself - or anyone - with a single brush based on gender, nationality and religion. <br /><br />As I stated, we have similar and worse problems and religions across the spectrum are patriarchal. <br /><br />A change in the male mindset would force countries to wake up to this. <br /><br />---<br /><br />Al:<br /><br />That sounds toe-curling. Hope you are better now. FVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-8411214384500560872012-11-22T20:36:32.266+05:302012-11-22T20:36:32.266+05:30Well written article. I am ashamed to be a male a...Well written article. I am ashamed to be a male at the moment and especially an Irish one. Religion in this country is a force for oppression and mind control. DónalDonal DeRoistehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796837259567527865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-72065285586384159012012-11-22T20:20:33.256+05:302012-11-22T20:20:33.256+05:30FV:" Now if only you had said something nice ...FV:" Now if only you had said something nice about me, you would have acquired a halo by default! Do convey my wishes for a speedo recovery to your toes. "<br /><br />Thanks. I can only say "lesson learned"! Never mess with The Farzster. :-) <br /><br />>Btw, what did you do??<br /><br />That's the worst part...I just woke up to find my toes severely hurting. No external signs of trauma of any kind. I may have entered the twilight zone! (cue scary music).<br /><br />-Al<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-51965268285750496402012-11-22T19:18:42.172+05:302012-11-22T19:18:42.172+05:30Hitesh:
I understand that it would have been diff...Hitesh:<br /><br />I understand that it would have been difficult to shift her to some other place. <br /><br />However, I really wish it was dealt with as a medical case rather than the emphasis on 'Catholic' country. <br /><br />As you said, the US too has a huge number of pro-lifers. Besides, it is also an individually emotive issue at times. <br /><br />--<br /><br />Dr. Desai:<br /><br />Thank you!FVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-37865540696094080432012-11-22T19:15:02.118+05:302012-11-22T19:15:02.118+05:30Al:
Goes without saying that religions suppress w...Al:<br /><br />Goes without saying that religions suppress women, and the state follows the faith premise. <br /><br />The Church is but one example; Saudis another, not to forget our own multi-coloured variety of subjugation. <br /><br />PS: Now if only you had said something nice about me, you would have acquired a halo by default! Do convey my wishes for a speedo recovery to your toes. <br /><br />Btw, what did you do??FVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-75807246639297306872012-11-22T10:23:23.206+05:302012-11-22T10:23:23.206+05:30Well written. Well expressedWell written. Well expressedPankaj Desaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13192778592808279189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-19475623970043535772012-11-22T07:23:53.860+05:302012-11-22T07:23:53.860+05:30http://www.indianexpress.com/news/church-of-englan...http://www.indianexpress.com/news/church-of-england-rejects-women-bishops/1034290/<br /><br />This is the Church of England denying gender equality with an explicit .. "god does not allow it" excuse. The regressive thinking in these people is mirrored by the Catholic church and the Saudis, not to mention equivalents in other religions too.<br /><br />-Al<br /><br />PS: My toes have been hurting severely for the past couple of days..maybe I shouldn't have mocked the soap falling on your toes, FV. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-26998373485257527352012-11-21T02:53:01.970+05:302012-11-21T02:53:01.970+05:30>>it is public knowledge that women travel t... >>it is public knowledge that women travel to England for abortion<br /><br />her family should have looked into that option early on, but I am assuming this is one of those incidents where it was too late for that. <br /><br />Laws weren't going to be changed or contravened that easily but it does highlight the idiocy of it and warns others.<br /><br />there is plenty written about pro-choice/pro-life culture war here in America but as in lot of other things, pro-lifers (aka majority republicans) are as incoherent and disingenuous as ever.hiteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09923315303742715131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16761020.post-64349491112180341212012-11-20T23:41:12.391+05:302012-11-20T23:41:12.391+05:30FV:"By some weird logic, this is justified as...FV:"By some weird logic, this is justified as a choice by a society that has no respect for human dignity and for women. "<br /><br />That is the reality, but if you go by the advertising of most politically-motivated religious groups of any shade in India, the thought is that a women need to be kept in check for her own benefit/wellbeing. It is all because "women are respected" that they need to be treated like property and "protected", you see. <br /><br /> If women just shut up and stayed home, violence against women would drop immediately, according to the Indian govt. and various state governments that are responsible for enforcing law and order. Govt. is too incompetent to enforce law and order, so it is women who need to compensate for that by not moving out of the house. This is the state of the Indian (Banana) Republic.<br /><br /><br />-AlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com