Oh, sure, there lots of further complexity there: some women can't use some sorts of birth control, some don't want to do anything that permanent or unfamiliar or drastic, and yeah, some just don't want to for their own reasons. (Which aren't my business.) But the overall attitude of 'no, women all want to be baby machines! but we can't let you nasty undesirables get away with it, coerced sterilization for you!' is so, so problematic.
I'm also thinking 3rd-party stigma doesn't cover all of it: the hassle of trying to negotiate condoms and other safer-sex measures with every sex partner, every time? That sounds obnoxious, and I can see why some people wouldn't do it.
This past weekend someone I know was reading _Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage_. I wonder if it would go well in dialogue with with _Taking Chances_, having read neither.
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Date: 2009-12-02 10:02 pm (UTC)I'm also thinking 3rd-party stigma doesn't cover all of it: the hassle of trying to negotiate condoms and other safer-sex measures with every sex partner, every time? That sounds obnoxious, and I can see why some people wouldn't do it.
This past weekend someone I know was reading _Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage_. I wonder if it would go well in dialogue with with _Taking Chances_, having read neither.