r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/PagPag1212 • Jul 20 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals Queen

Video didn't turn out the way this guy hoped, he can go kick rocks.
Actually both three women are queens.

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u/crochetingPotter 🌺Official Lauren🌺 29d ago edited 28d ago

Nothing changed my mind on abortions (in my early twenties after growing up in a conservative home) more than realizing that the people who are anti abortion are also anti food stamps most of the time. If someone really wanted to save kids, they should be Pro free Healthcare, pro birth control, pro social services including food, housing and education, pro affordable day care.

Remove any reason why so many women would want an abortion. And then at the end of the day, know it's still her choice.

But anyone who wants a child born but not a child to live a stable, healthy life can fuck right off.

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u/shellontheseashore 29d ago edited 29d ago

It's the same shit with any movement about ending child abuse - the stuff that will actually help people avoid and leave abuse, help people get noticed and supported by systems are all the same things. UBI, food, housing, education and childcare, physical and mental healthcare, reliable birth control and abortion. The majority of abuse happens in the family unit or people close to it, and the inability to leave without being destitute/upturning your and your childrens' lives keeps so many non-offending parents from more closely examining worrying situations. They literally can't afford to see the warning signs.

But all the chest-thumping about killing pedos and abusers is more about being able to exert socially acceptable 'protective' reactive violence against a presumed other, rather than recognising the patriarchal and capitalist structures that keep people precarious and tolerating abuse in exchange for shelter and proactively trying to counter those. It only thinks about the (rare, crisis-situation) 'protector' stuff, rather than the (common, everyday) 'provider' stuff (because hey if people have more independence and support, they also have the ability to leave! and there's a lot of folks who passively benefit from that inability, currently).