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Would the possibility of women competing on equal footing with men be thinkable without contraceptives, birth control, and access to abortion?
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July 20, 2011

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Oliver Leaman
July 24, 2011 (changed July 24, 2011) Permalink

Certainly. The fact that women have children does not mean that they are obliged to be the main carers for those children once they are born, nor does it mean that while pregnant they are in any way incapacitated. If childcare were to be shared equally, or adequately organized by the state or community, the fact that women have children would be no hindrance to any of their other putative activities.

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