tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post481975545733006688..comments2023-10-07T22:37:49.244+13:00Comments on The Hand Mirror: Mt Albert By-Election Survey: Russel Norman (Greens)katyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15742280289613450293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-72376214506701998142009-06-10T17:01:25.809+12:002009-06-10T17:01:25.809+12:00D'oh. I just realised I emphasised the "w...D'oh. I just realised I emphasised the "when" when I meant to emphasise the "if". Way to shoot my own point down...Alisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-41345605454755269582009-06-10T13:59:46.920+12:002009-06-10T13:59:46.920+12:00Kind of annoyed by this:
The research currently b...Kind of annoyed by this:<br /><br /><i>The research currently being undertaken into the causes of the low reporting of and conviction rates for rape and sexual assault is a priority and the outcomes must be acted on as a matter of urgency.</i><br /><br />This is pretty disingenous. The causes of rape and the way it's easy for men to rape are not some big mystery which will only be revealed by research done currently. There's been an enormous body of research on rape - even within the NZ context - and any research currently being done will only confirm what we already know.<br /><br />In other words, this seems like a major dodge to me, and it has to be read in line with his refusal to commit to one model of proving consent or the other.DPF:TLDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06372937855256319716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8770341086445997547.post-31468066713607524122009-06-10T11:18:29.096+12:002009-06-10T11:18:29.096+12:00So happy to see an MP say this;
Every woman has ...So happy to see an MP say this;<br /><br /><i> Every woman has a right to the information, education and resources to make the best possible decision about if and <b>when</b> to have a family. </i>[emphasis mine]<br /><br />So much of our discussion about abortion gets framed in terms of women having abortions because it's "not the right time", when in fact, it goes right to the heart of whether women want, or feel equipped to be parents at all, ever. The idea that a woman should be celibate her entire life to avoid pregnancy, even in a committed child-free-by-choice relationship just seems unreasonably normative. There is just such a perception that abortion is a means to <i>delay</i> a family, rather than to avoid a family altogether, or stop a family getting larger.Alisonnoreply@blogger.com