Why do male pro-lifers speak their minds while pro-choice guys stay silent?
source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-05/the-problem-with-pro-choice-men/?c...
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As usual, it seems men have a lot to say about the things women shouldn’t do. Indeed, the pro-life camp seems to have little trouble finding men who will stump for it loudly and forcefully. Mel Gibson, Ben Stein, and Jonathan Taylor Thomas have all lent their voices to the anti-abortion movement, to say nothing of more radically religious actors like Stephen Baldwin and Kirk Cameron. Male professional athletes have also been willing to speak out against abortion—besides Tebow, Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green and three-time Super Bowl winner Chad Hennings have both done so. In 1989, six members of the New York Giants Super Bowl-winning team went so far as to make a video called Champions for Life for the anti-abortion group, American Life League.
A 2009 Gallup poll found that only 39% of men identified as pro-choice—a ten percent decrease from 2008.
When male celebrities talk about abortion, they’re usually saying that it should be illegal. The pro-life side of the debate has far outpaced the pro-choice side in lining up strong men’s voices. The Tebow ad threw this into relief, and in response, Planned Parenthood Federation has crafted its own video featuring former professional athletes Al Joyner and Sean James.
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I think pro-choice men stay quiet (for now) because they already understand that it's women who need to speak up for now. They understand that men have had the microphone for long enough, and when it regards a women's issue, they must let women have the first word.
Now, anti-choice men, on the other hand, don't really know what it's like to not have a voice, and so they do nothing else but use it. They aren't interested in what a woman could say, anyway, so why would they stop speaking for a even a moment and let a female voice in edgewise?
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artemis6
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Because they believe they have a right to dominate women . They , who do not bear the young .
- 1 year ago
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artemis6
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PajamaDan
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Well, I never keep my pro-choice beliefs quiet,... but maybe other pro-choicers keep quiet because they may fear the pro-lifers who (ironically) own, carry and use guns.
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PajamaDan
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ocanada
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I didn't see this comercial in my market. I think I might have seen the comercial for Peyton Manning Children's hospital instead. I'm glad.
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ocanada
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flyingkick
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That's a loaded question.
Right now, abortion is legal, so the people who support it are content. Make a clear and legal threat against the right to abortion and the pro-choicers will come out guns blazing.
- 2 years ago
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flyingkick
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Varex_Sythe
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I speak my mind about my pro-choiceness, and I think other pro-choicers do the same. I think the difference is that pro-choicers don't usually feel that we should force our opinions on others who might disagree, while "pro-lifers," or anti-choicers as I think they should be referred to as, just happen to be louder and more obnoxious most of the time.
- 2 years ago
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Varex_Sythe
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JanforGore
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"Pro-choice" IS pro life, maybe that's why. Or maybe it's because they aren't willing to be used as political pawns and /or they respect a woman's right to make her own choices. The labels BTW, are BS. Politicizing a woman's life is BS. Men who do make this political don't know anything about what women go through making the life decisions they do. Perhaps those men in general should then stay silent... Especially the ones sitting on the USSC. When any of them grow a uterus, then maybe I will give a damn about what they have to say on this.
- 2 years ago
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JanforGore
