I would sincerely like to thank columnist Nate Sherman for equating women with dogs in Abortion trumps animal cruelty (SN 8/29). I was dangerously close to giving into my delusions of being an unoppressed, equal citizen, but he sure snapped me out of it. It’s now very clear to me that dogs are bred for fighting and women are bred for, well, breeding.
Sarcasm aside, I’d like to point out that until men like Sherman realize that while there are virtually no consequences for men involved in unplanned pregnancies, women face dramatic and serious risks to their health, personal and social lives, academics and careers, as well as public persecution for either being an unwed mother or for having an abortion.
In no way am I advocating abortion as a means of birth control, and for full disclosure, I am pro-life and am not now, nor have I ever been pregnant, or had an abortion. Perhaps Sherman should put his energy to better use by handing out condoms and either stepping off his soapbox or using it to advocate repealing abstinence-only sex education. It would have a more positive impact on unplanned pregnancy and abortion rates than pissing off women. We can treat men like dogs and get them neutered.
Rachel Payment
studio art junior
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