Consider the contrast between the Supreme Court's rulings on gun control and abortion control.
The first means less control over gun ownership, and the second means more control over women's lives.
Granted, both are on the federal level, so states can enact their own laws accordingly. But which is more important, and which favors men's attitudes?
In a sense, both favor men, and women's rights are relegated to second place.
As for the debate over when life begins, whether at the moment of conception or at birth, both deal with the issue of control. The conservative argument is that life begins at conception, so any move to terminate that amounts to murder, and should not be allowed.
But where are these same pro-life people when the unwanted child grows up to become an enemy of society? They are nowhere to be seen, except to complain that there are not enough jails, and to blame the mother for failing to raise a well behaved teenager.
In a larger sense, all parts of the issue deal with control, and that has been a problem in societies around the world since the days of creation. Adam blamed Eve for luring him into temptation. Even today, women in some parts of the world must wear clothing to cover everything, lest men be lured into temptation.
But whose fault is it if a man assaults a women? Is it her fault that he cannot control his mind or his body?
Today in America, the nation's highest court has ruled that the federal government has little control over what a man does with however many guns he owns and whether he can carry them openly in public. Except, of course, shooting other people, but that is a state offense, not federal, and there has been a splurge of mass shootings recently.
On the other hand, the court says that what a woman does with her own body is indeed a matter of government control.
The issue remains a dispute over control, and who is in charge -- men or women.
The first means less control over gun ownership, and the second means more control over women's lives.
Granted, both are on the federal level, so states can enact their own laws accordingly. But which is more important, and which favors men's attitudes?
In a sense, both favor men, and women's rights are relegated to second place.
As for the debate over when life begins, whether at the moment of conception or at birth, both deal with the issue of control. The conservative argument is that life begins at conception, so any move to terminate that amounts to murder, and should not be allowed.
But where are these same pro-life people when the unwanted child grows up to become an enemy of society? They are nowhere to be seen, except to complain that there are not enough jails, and to blame the mother for failing to raise a well behaved teenager.
In a larger sense, all parts of the issue deal with control, and that has been a problem in societies around the world since the days of creation. Adam blamed Eve for luring him into temptation. Even today, women in some parts of the world must wear clothing to cover everything, lest men be lured into temptation.
But whose fault is it if a man assaults a women? Is it her fault that he cannot control his mind or his body?
Today in America, the nation's highest court has ruled that the federal government has little control over what a man does with however many guns he owns and whether he can carry them openly in public. Except, of course, shooting other people, but that is a state offense, not federal, and there has been a splurge of mass shootings recently.
On the other hand, the court says that what a woman does with her own body is indeed a matter of government control.
The issue remains a dispute over control, and who is in charge -- men or women.
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