Obviously what ICE is doing is awful, and vasectomies would in some ways be an improvement (although big doubt that they want a reversible birth control procedure). But critiquing what is clearly steps of a genocidal program on whether or not is patriarchal seems to miss the point.

  • SimAnt [any]
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    4 years ago

    in fact hysteria was originally a term for a female-only condition caused by WANDERING WOMB

    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I was fully expecting the etymological line to be more direct because of that, and fully expecting they used to perform hysterectomies to cure "hysteria". But maybe Google's etymology search is playing cover for English sexism.