tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post6171702296446053049..comments2024-02-13T08:46:20.840-05:00Comments on impudent strumpet: Poll: how old were you when you first learned about abortion?impudent strumpethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-48306622669917803452013-01-18T16:24:58.278-05:002013-01-18T16:24:58.278-05:00The ones I saw weren't specifically about thei...The ones I saw weren't specifically about their own daughters, it's just they were speaking negatively of girls who hit early puberty, and meanwhile had daughters who were young enough that they could still hit early puberty. Which makes me worry for their daughters...impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-49614239042801364382013-01-12T18:03:15.985-05:002013-01-12T18:03:15.985-05:00Ugh, that's awful. Are they worried their daug...Ugh, that's awful. Are they worried their daughters are having sex, or worried that their daughters want to have sex...?<br /><br />Just noticed my funny typo. Menustration, something from the restaurant biz, I guesslaura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-8770592312623205382013-01-11T21:02:18.978-05:002013-01-11T21:02:18.978-05:00Your post makes me think about the psychological d...<i>Your post makes me think about the psychological differences of girls beginning to menustrate at younger ages.</i><br /><br />The weird thing is that on the internet I've seen people (including, most disturbingly, mothers of pre-teen girls) who are absolutely positively certain that early menstruation means, to put it politely, early sex drive. I was humiliated enough by what my body was doing, I can't imagine walking around with grownups thinking those kinds of things about me when I in actuality still found the idea of sex repulsive.impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-76378772707263398902013-01-11T20:52:04.375-05:002013-01-11T20:52:04.375-05:00So if I'd been a student M@'s class, (M@, ...So if I'd been a student M@'s class, (M@, was that a Catholic school?) they would have taught me about the existence of abortion in their attempt to get me to oppose it.impudent strumpethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599784976599854538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-20235596925218474202013-01-07T18:57:19.265-05:002013-01-07T18:57:19.265-05:00Not the best argument, and clumsily stated, but es...Not the best argument, and clumsily stated, but essentially true! <br /><br />School administration?! ARGH.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-23593927150380336212013-01-07T14:29:17.761-05:002013-01-07T14:29:17.761-05:00Well, kind of. The guy's stated reasoning was ...Well, kind of. The guy's stated reasoning was "When I get some girl pregnant I want to be able to get rid of it" -- maybe not the first argument you'd go to if you were pro-abortion rights.<br /><br />But it wasn't an abuse of power by the teacher, as far as I remember; it was an abuse of power by the school administration. I believe the entire high school was asked to do this in the first class of the day.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-56934186128208177302013-01-07T14:08:58.145-05:002013-01-07T14:08:58.145-05:00A lone dissenter! I would like to have seen that. ...A lone dissenter! I would like to have seen that. What an abuse of power by the teacher.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-29570063799368802522013-01-07T13:57:19.729-05:002013-01-07T13:57:19.729-05:00Actually one guy did, and nothing happened. He bas...Actually one guy did, and nothing happened. He basically sat and harassed everyone else while they were working on their letters. It was maybe 20 minutes of class time I think. I thought it was pretty crazy at the time, too.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-29571799646906483382013-01-07T13:41:08.808-05:002013-01-07T13:41:08.808-05:00"I don't remember when I first heard abou..."I don't remember when I first heard about abortion. I know for sure I knew about it in grade 9, when we were compelled -- in math class! -- to write letters to our MP in opposition to abortion."<br /><br />Oh good lord. What would have happened to someone who refused to participate in the letter writing? <br /><br />laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-57929825591549508122013-01-07T11:46:27.161-05:002013-01-07T11:46:27.161-05:00I don't remember when I first heard about abor...I don't remember when I first heard about abortion. I know for sure I knew about it in grade 9, when we were compelled -- in math class! -- to write letters to our MP in opposition to abortion.<br /><br />I must have known about it before then (maybe because it was also talked about in church?) but I know I was well aware of what it was by the time I was 13.M@https://www.blogger.com/profile/13408488215496128814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121962.post-27728803773665585612013-01-06T21:44:39.487-05:002013-01-06T21:44:39.487-05:00Your post makes me think about the psychological d...Your post makes me think about the psychological differences of girls beginning to menustrate at younger ages. In my time, the typical age to begin was 13. I was late at 14, but not freakishly so. Before 12 was almost unheard of.<br /><br />Anyway, my answer. I learned that there was "an operation" that a girl would get if she became pregnant too young, i.e. as a teenager. This was framed as something that would "ruin your life", so it was best not to have sex. I was around 12 when I learned this. <br /><br />I did know how babies were made, but didn't know about rape. I did know the concept of rape - the girl in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is almost raped - but wasn't clear on the details and didn't associate it with the possibility of pregnancy.<br /><br />Abortions were mentioned on soap operas, too - always something shameful and horrible, but an option - and *the* option if you got pregnant too young.<br /><br />By the time I was in high school and actually having sex, I knew girls who had had abortions, and then I had one. I immediately resented the "ruin your life" idea, I was furious that abortion was presented so negatively, when it was so clearly a lifesaver.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.com