Inaccurate female genitalia display to counter accurate abortion display
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No surprise, a Planned Parenthood panel will tonight kick off a two-day event to be held March 7 and 8 at the University of Cincinnati, sponsored by UC’s LGBTQ Alliance and UC Feminists.
The title of the event is “Re-envisioning the Female Body” and is advertised to show “12 billboard-sized photographs of vaginas” (not linking to the site – porn).
The purpose? A response to Created Equal’s Autumn 2012 display, which educated UC students about the graphic reality of abortion…
But UC LGBTQs and feminists have a problem with showing the truth about abortion:
The idea and focus of this demonstration is a response to the gruesome, billboard sized images of mutilated fetuses and genocide victims brought to our campus by radical pro-life groups.
It will serve to call attention to the… negative dispositions our society holds toward the vagina….
Objectively speaking, these students have a strange way of making their point.
Showcasing the willing orifice through which helpless babies are chopped, murdered, and suctioned in order to protest exposure of this atrocity is akin to showcasing the arms of Viet Cong and Nazi shooters in order to protest exposure of those mass genocides…
Furthermore, the vagina is an internal organ, so the only way to photograph it would be to insert a speculum and lighted camera scope, and then what would you see? Nothing any more exciting than a photograph from inside a colon, which I’ll spare you.
No, “The Vaginas Are Coming!” display will not actually be of them at all but rather of external female genitalia.
So the entire endeavor is a huge exercise in obtusity, and at an institution of higher education, no less.
Organizer Maria Kothman noted the discrepancy on Facebook but countered that to point it out was simply “finding fault with other’s arguments” – and mean, apparently. “Be kind,” she urged. UC Students who now flunk Anatomy 101 exams on the female reproductive system should try these comebacks with professors.
And what of Planned Parenthood’s part in all this? As DC Naked noted:
What is being pictured is actually the vulva. While it might be totally possible that I would miss something like that, being a lawyer and writer [a]nd not, say, a womens’ health professional, it scares me a little to think Planned Parenthood, which specializes in womens’ health has yet to pick up the difference, despite this being the six month mark of this vagina-centric campaign.
Kudos to Students for Life UC president Ashley Ladouceur for leading a counterprotest to educate on Planned Parenthood’s nefarious practices.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Nice typo on the poster: “DEMON TRATION” indeed. Dopes.
It says ‘demontration” as in demon.
Either they can’t spell or they really are demons!
John, you seem to be displeased with what you just read. Would you care to clearly state your objections or is cheap ad hominun garbage all you’re capable of uttering?
The pro aborts are getting desperate. No one is impressed!
LOL,
“The Vaginas are Coming”….and the a**h**** are leading the charge.
Please, please tell me that men are not planning a similar celebratory event.
Oh how funny,
Honestly, this just gets better. On the “discussions with” column there’s a Brad McElhaney. A man on the discussion panel? You can’t make this stuff up.
John, prolifers like Jill are not posting huge photos of womens vulvas and labeling them vaginas. Prolifers arent parading around in giant pink vagina costumes. That would be the prochoice Planned Parenthood crowd. Talk about delusional!
I respect vulvas and vaginas. Which is why I don’t think instruments should be shoved into them and I don’t think little baby parts should be pulled through them.
And I know what a vulva looks like. I have one. Even if those pictures of vulvas are real pictures how does that negate the fact that GAP photos show what really happens to an unborn human being during an abortion?
God gives us 2 glorious afternoons, and that’s what these losers do with it?
The karmic boomerang may just break the sound barrier on this one.
They’re really confused, and as ignorant as ever about basic Biology/Anatomy. The first entry that showed up on the facebook page when I went there was a woman talking about how women aren’t women just because they have vaginas.
The group that cries about women not being a collection of body parts is always the group showing a woman’s private parts.
Thoughts for a counter protest…
Graphic picture of a vulva with a set of grasping forceps pulling out baby parts.
“At UC humanity is having a full set of body parts. Be Proud.”
I was once at a campsite, two 4 year old girls were playing nearby. One of them had a baby sister who’s diaper needed changing. As the mother reached into the diaper bag, for a moment the baby was exposed to the air. One girl said, “Uh oh, her vagina is showing.” To which the other girl corrected, “Nope, that’s her vulva.”
This is not only a true story, but it proves that a 4 year old know more about anatomy than these yoohoos.
John Public – Nice! Aside from hiding behind a pseudonym, you attack Jill Stanek without making any real point or showing any thoughtful consideration. You are the weakest link. Good bye!
Sorry I’ve missed John’s comments. Did he call us fundies? Nobody has called me a fundie in ever so long…
Oh no! not anatomy! not anatomy being glorified on *GASP* a Christian, pro life blog! no press is bad press, darlings…
I agree this “demontration” (do they not have spell-check on PP’s planet?) is dumb, but that’s exactly why we don’t need to do anything to counter it. Let The Vagina People (as Kristen Hatten dubbed them, over on LiveAction) make idiots of themselves. The pro-lifers can sit back, point, and say, “This is what they think is a thoughtful and measured response.”
But I strongly object to equating vulvas with weapons. My va-jay-jay never hurt anybody. I dare you to find me one that has. Curettes and suction machines hurt people, but lady parts are lady parts.
As to this lady: “to point it out was simply ‘finding fault with other’s arguments…'”
That’s what you freaking do when you oppose someone’s arguments, you miserable excuse for a student of a higher learning institution! (At least I hope she’s a student, because if not, that’s even more pathetic.) *deep breath* She has got to be a liberal arts major. Only liberal arts majors BS that well. And I say that as the proud owner of a psychology degree from a major university.
AX7, that’s not the issue here and you know it, it’s the incorrect labeling of body parts, obfuscating the issue (and labeling women the sum of their genitals, for me). And if Jill does not want to link to nudity, it’s her blog, her choice. (Did you not think she may want to keep it safe for work/family viewing?) Nice try, though at creating a false straw man. Let us know when you actually have a logical argument.
Also, I think this display is a poor response to the abortion photos on the part of Planned Parenthood because abortions aren’t being preformed on external genitalia or even the vagina, but on the uterus. It’s like comparing apples & oranges. I get that they’re trying to refocus the issue on the women carrying the pregnancy, but how are you refocusing the issue on the woman if all you do is make her the sum of her genitalia (feminists)?
Rules for radicals. Eat a bunch of beans and attend some meeting you want to disrupt.
You think I am kidding. Alinksy, Chapter 8. Google “Alinsky” and “beans.”
This is the level of “activism” these code pink marxists are at. Responding to truth with preposerous things, such as pictures of vulvae, costumes, whatever.
What’s that famous quote about when your opponent is making a fool of themselves don’t interrupt…?
And anyone who wants to giggle should read Kristen at LAN’s article about this:
http://liveactionnews.org/the-vaginas-are-coming-students-for-life-vs-giant-crotch-photos/
Sorry Jill for hijacking if this is what it is, but she made me laugh out loud earlier :)
“It will serve to call attention to the… negative dispositions our society holds toward the vagina….”
I’m pretty sure that 90% of men have no negative disposition towards vaginas lol. I betcha most women don’t either. And I just wonder how they made this a sexism issue? Do they think people would react positively to penis pictures all over the place? I think if some men’s group did that to raise awareness about circumcision or whatever, they’d be sued for sexual harassment.
Lol. duh that’s how i know for a fact that i am a girl / woman …because i have a vagina and i was born with one! Just like a boy/man is born with a penis!
“And anyone who wants to giggle should read Kristen at LAN’s article about this:http://liveactionnews.org/the-vaginas-are-coming-students-for-life-vs-giant-crotch-photos/“
Thanks, Jamie! I’m seriously going to be laughing for a week after reading that.
I immediately thought of the first picture here:
http://newwavefeminists.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-situation-breaks-it-down-for-ladies.html
Well, we know that if you’re going to support abortion, you need to leave science, facts, and logic at the door!
Jen- don’t forget spelling!
Jamie, it’s “Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.” I read it either in the Japanese book of Five Rings, or a Chinese Art of War, but I’m pretty sure a more modern figure also said it.
Reading the LiveAction comments, one was especially offended by our ‘shaming’ of genitals. Gee, last time I checked Planned Parenthood is the ultimate shamer of pregnancy and uteri. Shame isn’t good when you are asked to be modest, but it’s ok to shame reproduction, to the point where millions of innocent humans are aborted? Good lord, I could write a book on the vastness of this mental disconnect. Maybe I will..
I don’t care who loves who, or what you do for fun… but is it too much to ask the libertines to stop killing children?
Mary says:
March 6, 2013 at 10:40 am
Please, please tell me that men are not planning a similar celebratory event.
Mary, PP already has “educational” videos showing a penis wearing a suit and his girlfriend whose dress is a vulva. That’s how they teach our kids to be “healthy.” Their favorite book, “Happy, Healthy and Hot,” is a how-to-have-sex-every-way-possible manual that they recommend for kids starting at age 10.
American Life League has excellent materials on how to stop PP from indoctrinating little kids in school. Go to http://www.stopp.org.
TACKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CRUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TASTELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thing it is great that PP is doing this and really showing themselves as the crass folks they are.
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Viewers will not find this cool. Not at all.
I really hope this post is just an ironic joke. I generally consider myself a conservative person, and I do not support abortion. However, this blog post is blatantly inaccurate, ignorant and offensive. I find the exhibit to be empowering for women. I have not seen anything that makes it pro-abortion, nor was it sponsored by LGBQT or UC Feminists. The artists just said it was “in response to” the abortion images. What they mean is that if a group can display images of dead fetuses across campus, someone should also show images portraying females in a positive, powerful light. They also did not say that these are pictures of vaginas. The “vagina” reference has to do with a completely different presentation that will be at UC around the same time as this exhibit. I have seen gruesome abortion photos countless times, and yes I GET IT…innocent dead babies. But I rarely see honest images of women. Please tell me what is INACCURATE about images of natural, healthy female body parts? And also what makes it porn? Did you know that cute little LIVE, UNaborted babies are BORN from these parts?! Or are you one of those women who would risk an innocent baby’s LIFE by having an elective C-section because you are afraid of your own vagina?
Allison,
So why don’t we have “natural healthy male body parts” displays as well? How empowering this would be for men. Someone should also show images portraying men in a positive powerful light. Cute, live unaborted babies are also BORN because of these parts.
Allison, I assume you are at least college age so I find it mind boggling to say the least that you’ve rarely seen honest images of women. My 9th grade biology book was pretty explicit concerning both male and female reproductive anatomy. May I suggest you visit your local library and check out a human anatomy and biology book or perhaps take a human anatomy class?
I must be science fiction crazy. That could be a poster for The Day of the Triffids.
Ladybug, who said I was making an argument? That was merely an observation. Sure, I was being completely sarcastic and rude, and I acknowledge that. But I was also being honest. If you don’t want to promote something you don’t like, then don’t post it on the internet. “No press is bad press” is a saying in the English language for a reason.
Plus I kinda feel like the vagina was just to catch attention. Well it worked, did it not?