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Thursday, May 20, 2004

Money and anti-abortion activism

Salon has an article about the gym Curves and their ties to anti-abortion groups. The conclusion seems to be that women who are taking their business away are over-reacting. For one thing, it's a franchise, so withholding your business only hurts the franchise owner. For another thing, the anti-abortion groups the owner gives to aren't that bad, because they don't picket.
I have a serious problem with both points. For one thing, boycotting a franchise does have long-term effects on the franchise owner. As long as the ones out there are doing well, more people will be interested in starting their own franchise. And more $30,000 checks are written to a man who turns around and uses that money to undermine your reproductive rights. Adding a layer of people between your money and his money doesn't change that basic fact.
For another thing, the idea that these groups aren't that bad because they aren't rude is appalling. I smell a new right-wing meme being trotted out to see if it sticks, that a group can't be accused of sexism as long as they undermine women's rights politely. One of the groups he dedicates money to is one of those vile pregnancy crisis centers that promise women all sorts of emotional and financial support as long as they don't have abortions. Of course, the financial support is a free pregnancy test (woo-hoo!) and the emotional support is a guilt trip about wanting to be a baby-killer. You are right if you don't want a dime going to these people. Another one of his groups is an abstinence-only educational group, out there making sure women remember to be ashamed of their own sexuality and uneducated on how to take care of their health when they do have sex. You are right if you don't want to give them money, either.
This article implies that women have only two choices in gyms--Curves and those huge, mostly male ones stuffed full of hardbodies. If the latter is really too much, and I don't blame if you feel that way, shop around. There are plenty of all-woman gyms out there.
I am not surprised at this article. I am disappointed in Salon's continuing willingness to be a forum for right wing anti-feminism, though.

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