The people who understand the least are those on the left who reject the "No Kings" marches

Trump's shooter was the same

If people accepted that violent rhetoric was bad and stopped it, Kirk would still be alive

Every celebrity running to the Putin-Trump sphere - or merely just every person who supports it and wants to be part of it in some way - turns out to be an abuser or willing enabler of abuse

It reminds me of the classic artwork of the Chinese double bridge, which I have as silk art

The people who are blaming renewables don't actually care about the whales

They only care about helping trillion dollar global energy & mining corporations make a little bit more money at our expense

One thing I really loved was Age of Apocalypse era Wolverine comic with an alternate new Fantastic Four

It was the first comic I read where MJ was actually interesting - Spider-Gwen might be the second

They're expected to work 80 hours on a slave wage, find the time to buy, prepare & cook 3 meals a day, take their kids to and from school each day AND help them with homework

And take their kids to sports training and games

This isn't their failure, it's society's

Punishing victims is evil

Yet it still happens

A quick Google would show you how prevalent it is, which is kinda scary when in some cases, it's a life or death situation

This also illustrates the value in looking, listening & working hard to understand so that you can validate a victim's situation (so they at least feel seen by one person who hasn't gone through what they have) & even more importantly, help others to also learn from the victims & reduce future harm

Even when doctors know that a particular issue is common, many will ideologically choose to believe that it almost never happens, so it can't actually happen to the women they come across

Same with most people and abuse - "it just CAN'T be that, so she must be lying"

Everyone please check out the original post, there's a very detailed thread and many responses from people with their own experiences

It's a serious issue that everyone needs to know about

Those who actually refuse to carry out a necessary life saving procedure should be jailed

Any doctor who merely suggests that a patient play Russian Roulette should lose their licence

There should be men and women who will pretend to be someone's spouse so they can tell the doctor that it is purely the patient's decision based on the medical assessment

and if you kill guards, the other guards will take it out on the remaining prisoners

Because of my male privilege, I've never had my health concerns dismissed because of "weight" and because of my white privilege, I've never had my health concerns dismissed because of assumptions I'm on drugs or withdrawing from them

And I've had Chronic Fatigue & other health issues for 20+years

The risks are less with women doctors, but the risks are sadly still there

That also includes other misogynistic attitudes in healthcare, such as only women having their health concerns dismissed because weight loss is a magic cure-all

The risks increase for patients who aren't white/cis-het

I would call that toxic femininity

I remember when a woman told me about the hysterectomy she'd had and that another woman asked her if she was still a real woman

I told my kids that they don't owe me anything and I specifically mentioned grandkids because I hate toxic societal expectations

And what if a doctor decides that he doesn't want to provide the abortion?

Even in Australia, not many places provide the service and every now and then, there's either a shortage of the medication or regional hospitals that suddenly decide that they won't provide abortion services any more