ext_29954 ([identity profile] biggelois.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] veronica_rich 2006-04-26 07:26 pm (UTC)

I had to leave my puter and have some coffee when I had read this. I thought we were sorta suppressed here in Sweden but you win.
Sweden is a basically non religious country so we don't have that sort of influence here. And it seems like I should be grateful for that.But what we do have is a regression back to the old ways of thinking, as in; oh, a female, let's do her.
Sweden has been on the top ten list of equal thinking but that is no more. Over the last years women have been reduced to a *move between kitchen and bedroom* level again. Which is scary. Especially considering the amount of gang bangs performed more and more often here. This is a small country, very much so, so everything is very much noticeable.

One positive thing is that women are usually treated with care and respect when visiting a hospital here.Could be a leftover from the 60's with the Swedish sin and all the STD's, but still it's functional. Not perfect but working. Our pharmacists do hand out what is on the prescription without fussing. So far, I might add. We have an anti-abortion movement growing, thankfully quite small, but it's there. And no one can tell what what will happen in the future.
The world is wrong sometimes. I have two kids of my own but children is not the way to prove your worth. And it does not prove your worth as a woman. As a milk machine, yes, but not your human value.
Speaking of removing organs: I brought the subject up at the last visit at the doctors since my mum and my aunt both have had uterus cancer. I want it gone to be safe. But I've had two kids and that should be enough protection.I can't have the package removed. And I really want to, with the cramps and the pain and the mess and the risk for cancer.

And here I was to promote Sweden. I have to rethink.

Hang in there, sisters

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