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Whoopi Goldberg called a Terf on Twitter for saying men don’t get pregnant

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DoYouSeaWhatISea · 05/12/2021 01:26

Whoopi hosts a show called the View, and she’s as mad as hell about the challenges we are facing in the US with regard to abortion and Roe v Wade. She went OFF on the Supreme Court's oral arguments on Mississippi’s abortion law.

Whoopi said the following “Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea about pregnancy."

I too am sick of being told what to do with my body, by men. So I thought her comment was reasonable, concerning abortion and pregnancy.

This comment from Whoopi has been trending on Twitter as transphobic bigotry, by lots of blue ticks, and all and sundry, as apparently “many men can and do get pregnant”.

So now, women can’t even complain about restrictions being placed on our bodily autonomy without being called transphobic. I find it all quite a stretch.

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RepentMotherfucker · 05/12/2021 09:14

@NoNotMeNoSiree

not ever Very true. Still doesn't sound like she was talking about trans people though so Hmm that people are conflating.
Yes, TAs are conflating, because in any argument they can only think 'what about MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!'

HTH.

PleasantBirthday · 05/12/2021 09:11

Agree with her there Men shouldn't get the say all on abortions/bodily autonomy.
Joint decision!

Joint between who?!

NoNotMeNoSiree · 05/12/2021 09:10

not ever
Very true.
Still doesn't sound like she was talking about trans people though so Hmm that people are conflating.

Creadigol · 05/12/2021 08:47

@NoNotMeNoSiree

Love Whoopi, not seen any of this? Your post isn't clear. Was she talking about men in her posts or trans women? We seem to be conflating two separate issues. *Whoopi said the following “Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea about pregnancy Agree with her there Men shouldn't get the say all on abortions/bodily autonomy. Joint decision!
No, sorry it's not a joint decision. Not ever.
Shedmistress · 05/12/2021 08:46

I think this has been pointed out on here for years.

As soon as we lose the word 'woman' then this is what happens.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 05/12/2021 08:37

Just shows that we are fighting the same old battles whilst getting new shit thrown at us.

Lovelyricepudding · 05/12/2021 08:28

@KateInHappyland

100% with you, but it’s unfortunately not a popular or ‘socially acceptable’ stance. Whoppi wasn’t being transphobic at all, imo. She was discussing the policing of womens’ bodies - by men. The same men who introduced the abortion law. She was not talking about trans folk.
Of course she wasn't but in this twisted world drawing attention to the biological difference between men and women is bigotry and if that means not allowing women's biology to be discussed then so be it.
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DoYouSeaWhatISea · 05/12/2021 08:11

@Thelnebriati

Amazing how fast we've gone from ''allowing people to identify as the opposite sex is just a small administrative change that won't affect women in any way whatsoever'' to this.
Exactly. The right for a woman to choose to have an abortion is being debated in the US, and somehow it can be twisted like this. The biological reality that only women get pregnant and may need the option of abortion, is now being debated as transphobic, just for using the word woman. Stark raving mad.
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KateInHappyland · 05/12/2021 02:04

*Whoopi, not Whoppi!

KateInHappyland · 05/12/2021 02:04

100% with you, but it’s unfortunately not a popular or ‘socially acceptable’ stance.

Whoppi wasn’t being transphobic at all, imo. She was discussing the policing of womens’ bodies - by men. The same men who introduced the abortion law. She was not talking about trans folk.

Redshoeblueshoe · 05/12/2021 02:02

Sorry nonotme I am referring to when she said men shouldn't get a say in abortions

NoNotMeNoSiree · 05/12/2021 01:58

Love Whoopi, not seen any of this?
Your post isn't clear.
Was she talking about men in her posts or trans women?
We seem to be conflating two separate issues.
*Whoopi said the following “Do any of you men have any eggs or the possibility of carrying a fetus? How dare you talk about what a fetus wants! You have no idea about pregnancy
Agree with her there Men shouldn't get the say all on abortions/bodily autonomy.
Joint decision!

Redshoeblueshoe · 05/12/2021 01:54

I saw Whoopi trending on Twitter on Friday. It made me sick. She was being kicked by the left and the right for basically saying women should be able to access abortion. The racist elements of the comments made me despair. I guess the bottom line is that the left hate her - because of the men'z, and the right hate her because of the MENS ! ! !

DottyDoge · 05/12/2021 01:42

I looked and I’m not sure we should really play into it. I saw mainly conservatives like Kevin Sorbo mockingly suggest that Whoopi is transphobic.

Thelnebriati · 05/12/2021 01:33

Amazing how fast we've gone from ''allowing people to identify as the opposite sex is just a small administrative change that won't affect women in any way whatsoever'' to this.

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