Re: The Empire’s Freedom
JBrown72073@cs.com wrote:
Hmm, so basically feminism is just a boat anchor. Cut it loose and suddenly working class consciousness and unity will appear on the horizon. Except, uh, for women who are, as we know, an insignificant majority. Some opposition to abortion could be “cultural” but abortion itself is decidedly economic, as in production, who does it, when, and under what conditions.
A lot of the “cultural” issues are deeply material. It doesn’t get much more basic than whom you can marry and/or fuck.
But on this question, men are more tolerant of abortion than women. Gallup has a detailed breakdown from 2003 on whether abortion is “morally acceptable” or “morally wrong.” 49% of men said it’s wrong, and 40% said it’s acceptable; 56% of women said wrong, and 34% said acceptable. So it’s 9 points against for men, and 22 for women.
A little table - % of Americans saying practice is “morally acceptable”
divorce 66% death penalty 64 animal testing 63 gambling 63 fur 60 unmarried hetsex 58 stem cell research 54 baby outside marriage 51 doctor-assisted suicide 45 homosex 44 abortion 37 cloning animals 29 suicide 14 cloning humans 8 polygmay 7 extramarital affairs 6