What I also love is they keep saying it should be "illegal" for intended parents to "rent a womb" from an "adult female". Commercial surrogacy is illegal in the UK. It has been since 1985 with the Surrogacy Arrangement Act.
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Also, what a surprise, some of the hate I'm getting on Twitter appears to come from this
@MumsnetTowers thread https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4030624-Benjamin-Cohen-moaning-about-surrogacy ….pic.twitter.com/kyK1f4WYB2
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@Justine_Roberts I'm interested in what you think about the sexism and homophobia on your platform such as that now being directed at me and my husband?66 replies 16 retweets 297 likesShow this thread -
This is also astonishing. Apparently, I should have dated a trans man if I wanted to start a family.pic.twitter.com/zrcPQfg11m
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As an update, the thread attacking me and my husband has actually been deleted by
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Replying to @benjamincohen @MumsnetTowers
Hey, uh... I'm reading this as somebody who cares about child welfare, and yes, it is a bit sketchy and selfish from a child welfare perspective to intentionally have a baby that won't be breastfed. It doesn't make you an ax murderer, but it does make you somebody who places+
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his own desire to have children above the biological optimum for babies and children. The fact that feminism is pointing this out to you, a gay man, is an exact example of why women often go back to the importance of breastfeeding and why men are perhaps not great feminists.
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Jesus Christ on a popsicle stick they're trying to make formula-shaming into a PRO-FEMINIST talking point now Oh my fucking God
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pmberkeley and
Amazing, it's the 21st century, so gay men get to endure the same round of disgusting personal attacks from strangers that all the "selfish, materialistic career women" who didn't breastfeed 30 years ago did Ha ha ha Fuck
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God damn I can't get over it You lot never shut up about how far back the pendulum has swung since the heyday of Gloria Steinem et al but you're totally oblivious to how this motherhood shit you preach IS THAT BACKLASH
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When I was a kid, in the 80s, it was possible for women to publicly complain about breastfeeding, even say they didn't want to do it Breastfeeding vs formula was a "cost/benefit analysis" that was openly discussed Now you can't breathe a word of that without public shaming
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Replying to @arthur_affect @pmberkeley and
And you think that's "feminism"? You think that's progress? Fuck's sake what are you gonna get on Cohen's ass for next, yelling at him about messing up his child by having both parents work and saying a woman would be happy to stay at home?
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