This right here is why men should not try to talk about women's bodies

[babylonsister]

This right here is why men should not try to talk about women's bodies
Laura Clawson
Daily Kos Staff
Thursday August 11, 2022 · 1:34 PM EDT


A member of the Salt Lake County Council is the latest example of why dudes should keep their mouths shut about abortion rights until they learn some basic anatomy.

Dave Alvord decided to teach Vice President Kamala Harris a thing or two after she tweeted, “We trust the judgment of the women of America to make decisions based on what is in their best interest. We trust the women of America to make those decisions about their own bodies.”

Alvord responded, incorrectly: “The baby is not part of the body of a woman. The umbilical chord and placenta do not directly connect to the woman. The baby floats inside the woman. It is not about the woman’s body, it’s to kill then remove the baby’s body. It is done in greater proportion to black babies.”

The umbilical “chord” and placenta do not directly connect to the woman? Does this whiz kid imagine that the placenta just sort of manifests the nutrients and oxygen a fetus needs to survive and grow? It just all kinda comes from nowhere? If so, then why do we need human beings to go through pregnancy and labor and delivery? Why are we doing this very burdensome, dangerous thing if apparently the uterus and the entire human being around the uterus are not providing anything but a little space for a placenta, umbilical cord, and fetus to float around in?

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/8/11/2115919/-Yikes-Salt-Lake-County-Council-member-attempts-to-school-Kamala-Harris-on-abortion

[thucythucy]

1. How the ever-loving fuck can someone be an adult and believe such ignorant nonsense

about human anatomy?

Honestly, this level of ignorance is just stunning.

[A HERETIC I AM]

16. How? Because they paid absolutely ZERO attention in any science class they ever took.

That coupled with the concept seemingly rampant in this country these days; "My opinion is just as valid as your facts".

The guy doesn't have a clue and he doesn't give a fuck that he doesn't have a clue.

Plain and simple.

[sop]

2. Just surprised the dumbass didn't mention storks.

[DET]

6. Best Laugh of the Day

And I’ve had a lot of laughs reading this board today. Thanks!

[Fullduplexxx]

15. Dont laugh that's next

[UpInArms]

8. Or finding the infant

In the cabbage patch

[kimbutgar]

3. What fo you bet this guy was home schooled and never learned SexEd or science?

The idiocy of these people are appalling.

[Freddie]

4. Another biology major from Liberty University

[crickets]

5. What an idiot.

Alvord is a 'replacement theory' racist. Because of course he is. The article includes a quoted excerpt from a 2021 Facebook post that is... illuminating.

In fact, Alvord is the entire RW cocktail of nonsensical racist, misogynist, and transphobic hatred.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/03/04/salt-lake-county-council/

[StephanieDubois]

7. Men in my county have similar thinking

I'm from Otero County in New Mexico and our County Commission and City Commission recently passed resolutions declaring us a Sanctuary for Life. One of the speakers at the city meeting, who is running for state office, said their "is never a medical necessity for abortion." Then he clarified on FB that removing an ectopic pregnancy wasn't considered abortion. So he still thinks a woman should die from other pregnancy complications.
These men are out there trying to make decisions about bodies they don't own, nor do they know how they work.

[MuseRider]

25. Oooh but they THINK

they own them.

[Kaleva]

9. The R woman running for governor of MI thinks abortion should be banned

[rsdsharp]

10. Gotta give the guy credit.

He didn’t say the baby grows in Mommy’s stomach.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. And left out the cabbage patch and the stork!

Just like a RW'er to only give half the story!

[Behind the Aegis]

11. No, that is an example of why IGNORANT people shouldn't talk about abortion and health.

There are plenty of men who would echo his ignorance, and many of us who are quite intelligent when it comes to women's anatomies. Sadly, men like him are those who dominate the news cycles and are held up by many on the right as "smart". Stable genius.

[yonder]

13. Idaho's Vito Barbieri thinks a gynecological exam can be performed by simply swallowing a camera:

https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/vito-barbieri-anti-abortion-idaho-republican-asks-if-you-can-reach-the-vagina-through-the-digestive-system.html

He and Dave Alford must have took the same class.

[3catwoman3]

24. Totally pathetic.

[thucythucy]

14. He probably thinks "the clitoris"

is a brand of mouth wash.

[LuckyCharms]

21. .

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. The radicalized Republican party prefers ignorance and hate; it helps when pushing their agenda.

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

[NickB79]

18. Sounds like a tapeworm more than a baby

IE, a parasite

[NoMoreRepugs]

19. Never underestimate the ignorance of the Deplorable.

[Lonestarblue]

20. Well, if the embryo is not attached to the mother, how the hwll does it get nutrients? Osmosis?

The ignorance of members of the right-wing zealotry party is astounding! Obviously slept through his high school biology class—if he even finished high school.

[Marcuse]

22. Don't know much about biology.

[czarjak]

31. That's akin to The Stupid Party.

[Gaugamela]

23. We see every day that these people live in a made up world of

convenient “facts” that support their rancid ideology.

[liberalmuse]

26. Some people are so arrogant and confident in their stupidity.

No words. If I had a dollar for every guy like this who condescendingly attempted to explain to me how basic stuff works - you know things most mildly inquisitive people have known since grade school, I'd be quite well off.

[Javaman]

27. When people ask me my opinion on abortion

I reply, “I have none. I’m a man. It her body not mine. But I will support her choice to the day I die”

[kskiska]

28. During the baby formula shortage, one politician (don't remember who)

claimed that the women should just breastfeed their babies. He had no idea that a woman can't just begin breastfeeding at any time they choose.

[Warpy]

29. Most men know where to stick it in and that's all they want to know

Women and their internal bits are complicated and leaky and completely at odds with the perfumed and decorative creatures their magazines say we're supposed to be. And if they've been in a delivery room and they've seen how hard childbirth is, well, maybe that rib woman shouldn't have eaten that piece of fruit....ooooh, a baby!

So no, they should just keep quiet. Really. We understand.

[Bristlecone]

30. He had to get in the racist shit also of course.

[pansypoo53219]

32. ok. we need to start baby transplants toot sweet.

[DFW]

33. If a passing grade in 10th grade biology were a requirement to join the Salt Lake City Council

I wonder if it would consist of only women or be just held in an empty room?

[Blue Owl]

34. Wait I'm confused -- where's the part with the stork again?