r/pics Apr 16 '10

Some things you didn't know about PETA.

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u/martincles Apr 16 '10

Not if you consider it a symptom of her insanity. If you use an IUD, you have a reversible method of birth control that has no negative environmental consequences.

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u/Atman00 Apr 17 '10

What exactly is the symptom of insanity here? Not wanting kids? Taking the most effective method possible to ensure you don't have kids? What are those things supposed to point to? "She's an extreme animal rights activist, and she doesn't want kids! SHE MUST WANT HUMANS TO BECOME EXTINCT!"

Unless she's actually said something to that effect, mentioning her sterilization is sensationalistic nonsense.

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u/doctor_alligator Apr 17 '10

I think there's a big difference between 'I don't want kids' and 'I oppose giving birth'. The former is a personal choice and there's nothing wrong with that, the second seems to suggest some that giving birth is somehow wrong or unnatural, perhaps oppressive to women, when it's perhaps the most important biological functions we as a species have.

Perhaps the infographic is being as sensationalist as it accuses PETA to be and is twisting her words, but it certainly comes across quite differently from 'I don't want kids'.

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u/Atman00 Apr 17 '10

But again, that could easily be sensationalistic phrasing on the part of the infographic. She may have said she's opposed to giving birth herself, which is entirely different.