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Originally Posted by kookookachoo
I guess one thing that you noticed is that the perception that right wingers are the ones that suppress other peoples thoughts is incorrect, .
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Nobody was supressing anyone's thoughts or speech in these circumstances. I think the anger in the class was generated by the fact that many women in the class were outraged at the fact that a group of people were arguing that if raped and pregnant and threatened with death, they were less important than a fetus that was likely to die anyway. This contained the implicit belief that a women consciously controlling her reproductive processes was wrong and that having sex for enjoyment as opposed to explicity to reproduce was immoral.
Connected with that whole line of thought was the idea that the individual should be subservient to God (State). We had read Augustine the day before and the students were making the connection.
Does anyone know a non-religious person who would hold this extreme view? It strikes me that the denial of a woman's choice to preserve her life in this instance is closely connected to the acceptance of an absolute authority to which the individual must submit. The way to assure that this submission is clear in an individual's mind, is to take his or her strongest desires (sex) and discipline it in the name of the authority.