How you answer the question, whether individuals should be persuaded to live their whole lives in a state of chemical dependency, first upon contraceptive steroids and then on replacement therapy, depends upon your regard for the autonomy of the individual. If men would not live their lives this way, why should women?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The choice between chemical dependency via contraception or replacement therapy depends on valuing individual autonomy. If men wouldn't accept such control, women shouldn't either.
- In plain terms
- Women should have the same bodily autonomy as men.
- What can you take from it?
- Autonomy applies equally to all genders.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Where should medical intervention end?
- Is equality sameness or fairness?
Another view
Different biological realities may require different approaches.
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