Survey Shows Relationship of Male Superiortiy, White Sumpremacy and Anti Abortion


Former President Trump is about to be served with charges of law breaking. It is predicted his supporters will be demonstrating in several places on his behalf.

What is buried in the coverage of his supporters is an answer to the question, "Who are they?" A recent survey found those who support "white rights" and "male domination over women" are also "anti abortion." These are the supporters of former President Trump. To deny anti-abortion is anti-women has always been folly. Now we are seeing that they are birds of a feather. 

While this questionnaire data is interesting, those of us who have followed anti-abortion politics for several years have known it is not about the fetus. It is about controlling women. It took a few years but according to election results women themselves have come to understand supporting Trump is supporting laws designed to harass and hold back women from equal opportunity. Trump, his Supreme Court appointees and conservative branches of Christianity have combined to move against women.

Certainly they have had some success in some states. We know there are states which no longer have surgical abortions. Other states have moved to allow more and lower cost abortions than before. At the moment there is an intense campaign for a State Supreme Court position in Wisconsin (April 4). I don't know how it will turn out but if the abortion rights judge candidate wins it will add to the six abortion rights victories in just the last year. The anti-abortion candidate has formerly bragged about his anti-abortion creds. Now he refuses to discuss abortion, obviously afraid of the new reality.

To those Christians who were taught men are to be the family decision maker on spirituality matters and the "head of the family," this new reality where women are recognizing the links between male superiority, white supremacy and anti-abortion must be quite unnerving. Perhaps they were taught these things by both their parents and church. If this pecking order seems very logical but is being cast aside in our changing society it is no wonder we have people doing violence at our capitol and threatening with the pending charges against ex President Trump.

This is a good time to abandon the trio of beliefs which have harmed women for hundreds of years.

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