If all things were the same, but it was men who fell pregnant and gave birth, abortion clinics would be so standard they’d be on every corner, like McDonald’s. In fact, it’d be a sign of status to go to one.

Male 1: “I’m just off to the abortion clinic real quick.”

Male 2: “Oh nice, King. You’ve been busy.”

Male 1 leaves.

Male 3: “He’s so cool.”

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    Did you know grey hyenas have a matriarchal society? Females are more aggressive, dominant and hold different social status to males. They aren’t less horrible than patriarchal hyenas.

    The problem isn’t the males or the females. It’s that they’re hyenas.

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      And they give birth through a pseudo penis that is torn apart.

      I don’t think it brings anything useful to the conversation, but it is an interesting fact.

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      You’re way behind. That’s why laws approved are no longer named after what they really do. Who decides that a specific law harms a specific population? The same people approving them… So… Yeah.

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        What? No. Laws are never named after what they do, they’re named HR#### or something. Acts are nicknamed, like Obamacare or the PATRIOT act, but they’ve always been political and not descriptive.

        And the people who write the laws are not the same people who “approve” them, in theory.

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      I don’t see hyenas oppressing one another through systems of well orchestrated indoctrination. They may just nibble each other once in a while.

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        If men gave birth, then nothing else would be the same.

        The systems of oppression that exist were created for a reason. Evil reasons, but reasons none the less. It’s not random.

        There is a reason hunter/gatherer societies tend to be more egalitarian, and agricultural societies tend to be less egalitarian, and it isn’t because farming turns people evil and misogynistic.

        Furthermore, abortion was largely accepted until increased birthrates were required for the needs of empire. Despite the arguments being religious in nature against abortion, the original drivers for outlawing it were non-religous.