Questioning Sex #9: Is Women's Reproductive Freedom Ultimately About Society's Health and Civilization's Survival?

Bette Midler and Lysistrata may be on to something. Women have the power but after thousands of years, they’ve forgotten how to use it. Will women embrace their sexual “superpower” to save the world?

While protesting anti-abortion legislation in Texas, Bette Midler put it simply when she tweeted, “I suggest that all women refuse to have sex with men until they are guaranteed the right to choose by Congress.”

Bette, you may be on to something.

If we’re going to talk about a woman’s right to an abortion, we need to talk about sex. And in a new way. We need to see the big picture and understand that limiting a woman’s sexual and reproductive freedom has been the foundation of a millennia-long patriarchal project which has brought civilization to the brink of disaster.

Fighting for women’s reproductive freedom is ultimately fighting for humanity’s survival.

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