Abortion - Pro-Choice Views Essays - Abortion, RTT, Fertility

Abortion - Pro-Choice Views Introduction From 1973 to 1987, over 22 million abortions have been performed. Pro-lifers would call that a terrible waste of human life. True, 22 million lives were taken, but I believe that we are better off without those. Please let me explain in the following report. What is abortion? Webster's dictionary defines abortion as "the expulsion of a nonviable fetus." Abortion might possibly be the most controversial topic right now. I'm sure by now that you've heard of all the different types of abortion. Almost all abortions performed in the US are surgical abortions, where the fetus is removed by suction or other means. (Medication offers another option, to be discussed later in this report.) During a suction abortion, the fetus is dismembered and disposed of by a small tube. This process takes but about 10 minutes, and the mother experiences very little or no physical discomfort. Pro-lifers immediately say that emotional trauma and guilt haunts every woman after she has an abortion. However, during my research, I found numerous women who led (and continue to lead) prominent and scot-free lives after their abortions. I think that the mental state of the mother depends very much on her personal feelings toward abortion, and the actual experience the had before and during the abortion. Pro-life propaganda In my study of pro-lifers, I have found that most of the time, they employ the use of a few strategies for making their views known. One tactic pro-lifers use to convince people of their views is to play on fear and emotions. Their graphic descriptions and gruesome pictures are a crude attempt to "scare" people out of abortion, while their pious talk and sobbing try to make us feel sorry for them and the unborn. Another popular strategy of pro-lifers is to protest things like "Life begins at conception! The fetus is human!" Science has proven these facts, and pro-choicers are by no means trying to deny them. However, pro-choicers feel that the rights of the parents (namely the mother) override the rights of the unborn child. Neither of these tactics work on pro-choicers like myself. True, pro-lifers are entitled to voicing their opinion (just as I am), but I feel that some of their methods (as illustrated in the next section) are very unorthodox. Pro-life?! Some pro-lifers don't seem to be for "the preservation of human life." The tables on page 7 clearly illustrate how often pro-lifers contradict their "pro-life" ideals by resorting to violent and disruptive acts to try to force their views on people. New legislature controls irate pro-lifers A new bill was introduced in April 1994. The Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (aka FACE or FACEA) protects women seeking abortion, and the facilities performing them. Specifically, FACE protects reproductive health service staff and patients from violent threats, assault, vandalism, and blockades. FACE was signed by President Clinton on May 26, 1994, but angry pro-lifers still violate this law. The consequences for a first-time offender cannot exceed one year in prison and/or a $100,000 fine. Repeat offenders face a maximum 3 year prison sentence and/or a $250,000 fine. If any injury is incurred, the sentence jumps to 10 years. If death results from the offense, the maximum sentence is life imprisonment. I think it is about time for FACEA. Pro-lifers have gone far enough with their "demonstrations" in front of clinics nationwide. Many news clips have shown pro-lifers throwing things at women as they walk into a clinic. In one extreme case, an off-duty police officer (acting as a bodyguard) and the husband of a woman seeking an abortion were shot at by pro-lifers. The police officer died?the husband was severely wounded. Even though FACEA will not put a stop to the violence toward abortionists and clients, I think it will definately decrease it. RU486 and "M&Ms" Different medications are offering a safe and private alternative to clinic abortions. RU486 is an abortion inducing pill that allows women to have non-invasive, safer and easier abortions in the privacy of their own homes. This option also eliminates any contact with livid pro-lifers and their antagonistic methods. RU486 also offers great medical promise in the research and possible cures/treatments of breast cancer, endometriosis, prostrate and brain cancer. Right now, pro-lifers are preventing RU486

Is being a drag king or queen wrong Professor Ramos Blog

Is being a drag king or queen wrong Drag queens and kings are performance artists that dress in feminine or masculine clothing that acts, sings and does comedy performances. RuPaul’s Drag Race is a very popular reality game show that drag queens compete for the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar. â€Å"Drag has always served a purpose. We mock identity, were shapeshifters,† Rupaul affirms at its core, it’s a social statement and a big F**K you! to male-dominated culture.† (Davies). I have watched the show numerous times and I support drag kings and queens because it’s a way of expressing themselves and they can be who you are while inspiring others who want to join that community. I think if someone wants to dress masculine and their a female I dont see anything wrong with that and vice versa. There are tons of people who participate in these races across the world today. A study used of a theoretical psychoanalytic framework which is a personality organization and the dynamics of personality development to analyze the life history of a professional drag queen Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The choice to use â€Å"life story† as a data collection and analysis strategy allowed them to illuminate how the subject lives and articulates his story and the choices of work that allows an expression of his desire. They found three elements which were the looks and clothes that sustained a fantasy that has found a placed in society, the link of some singular identity traits with social dimension of work and the affections that sustain a form of social recognition (Thais Z.G. De Oliveira). Some people don’t agree with my opinion because I strongly feel that they don’t like the fact of people dressing or acting the ways of the opposite gender. The main reasons why I think they dont support it is because they think drag can be degrading to women or men which I don’t agree. â€Å"We don’t value feminine ideals and in many cases we don’t respect them, so when we see drag queens performing stereotypes that we consider to be about women or men, we either understand and enjoy the exaggeration or we are confronted by the insulting connotations people associate woman with.† Another example, â€Å"There must be a reason women don’t do this to menturning masculinity into entertainment as a joke, that is. Why is it funny for men to dress up† (Levengood). It’s true that more men do drag than woman but there is still pressure among woman to act and dress a certain way no matter if there dressing like a woman or man. I think it is a big step and a lot of thought to become a drag queen or king because a lot of people aren’t accepting and they are afraid of being themselves and they are altering their appearance dramatically. If more people are accepting then more and more people will feel comfortable and happy with what they are doing in their lives. An experimental understanding of drag reveals that the significant rewards from the activity-contextual power and status, self affirmation and empowerment are powerful motivating factors. Instead of being deviant and or partaking in pathological behavior, female impersonators can be seen as operating or an incentive system where the benefits of doing drag positively enrich the quality of the performers life in a context where successful queens are held in their highest regards (Hopkins). Teaching others about drag race whether their family, friends or classmates about this topic will open the doors and it lets them see the outlook on this category. A study showed that female students often found attending a drag show to be a fun experience free of the sexual harassment found in most bars, while male students often contextually experience being a social minority for the first time in their life. From both attending drag shows and or watching recordings of them students have reported gaining an experiential appreciation of the preformed basis of gender sexuality and inequality (Schacht SP). I believe there should be more adult men and women who attend these kinds of shows whether they are gay, straight, bisexual and so on, it can create an accepting community of all different kinds of sexualities and show younger people it is okay to attend or participate. Teaching teenagers will hopefully create a more accepting atmosphere among non drag kings/queens and drag kings/queens because teens tend to judge and make fun of people. Teaching children about this topic will make people more angry then happy because some might think that were trying to change their ways and have them thinking it could be fun to alter their appearance when in reality it is to teach them what it is, what they do and why they do it. If we continue to spread positivity and let others do what makes them happy then a lot of these issue wouldn’t occur and people won’t be called names or looked down upon in todays society which will truly make a difference. Davies, Wilder, â€Å"RuPaul’s Drag Race and What People Get Wrong About the History of Drag†, EBSCOhost, March 2018, p.6-6 1p, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=2sid=8fb24123-2a76-4210-b095-bdce29e8594a%40sessionmgr103bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=128520811db=a9h. Hopkins J. Steven. â€Å"Let the Drag Race Begin†, Taylor Francis Online, Sept 2008, p 135-149, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J082v46n03_08. Levengood, Elizabeth. â€Å"Is Drag Degrading to Woman?†, Medium, Dec 2017, https://medium.com/@leve0064/is-drag-degrading-to-women-c2eacaa5f065. Schacht, SP. â€Å"Beyond the boundaries of the classroom: teaching about gender and sexuality at a drag show†. Pubmed, 2004, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15132493. Thais, Z.G. et al, â€Å"IDENTIFYING AS A DRAG QUEEN AND THE MEANING OF WORK.†,EBSCOhost, Vol 19, p1-24, 24p, http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail/detail?vid=4sid=8fb24123-2a76-4210-b095-bdce29e8594a%40sessionmgr103bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#AN=135047343db=a9h.