Maybe we live in 21st century, but Poland refuses to progress from Middle Ages. And many Polish people are proud of it.
Another day of Polish women struggle for their reproductive rights. Inanna and I are actively monitoring and reading new words that has been produced either for or against abortion in Poland.
After reading it all, it was really
comforting to see that some doctors still abide the law and do the procedure
when a women has a legal ground to ask for it.
It warms my heart to see all of those women sharing
their stories, their strength and hopes for a better future. It’s amazing how
many of them get support from their partners, who decided that the well-being
of their woman is the most important thing in the world.
At the same time, it’s extremely depressing to see how
many people spread hate and are first ones to insult other people. And it’s
even more daunting how many people put the blame on women. For fighting for
their rights. For wanting a better life. For wanting to be heard. For having
needs. For having desires. For having dreams.
I really don’t get it how somebody, who claims to
believe in a God, the merciful and almighty God, can have so much resentment
toward another human being. How can somebody judge another person without
knowing the whole story? Judging only based on partial information about sex
life and choices. Didn’t Jesus said that “he who is without sin among you, let
him be the first to throw a stone at her” (when defending an adulterous woman)?
How can somebody, who claims to be a man/woman of faith can have so much hatred
in their hearts?
Where did all of those people get the idea that somebody’s body and life is a public matter? Since when woman’s body is a public property? Since when anybody’s body is a public property?
I am a religious person, I believe in God, but right now I wouldn’t step into the church in Poland. I’ve heard to many sermons with too much judgement in it, too much hatred, too much negative messages. I’ve listened to priests who though that as they are so self-righteously pious they word is above the word of God. God can be your salvation, but a church will bring you down on your knees and be your judge. I couldn’t stand it. I believe that a God is love, he gives us strength and teaches us to show sympathy to other people and try to understand them, regardless of how different our situation is from theirs. And if we can’t, then we should stop criticizing. It’s not our place.
That case of an 11-year old girl still haunts me. How
can people be so cruel and judgmental? She is a child, for crying out loud! She
should be protected at all costs, her welfare should be a priority to all of
us: her parents, family, neighbours, doctors, government! But we’ve heard so
much bullshit from priests and politicians. About an abortion being another
rape, about a girl’s maternal instincts waiting to be awaken.
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| "11-year-old girl should be under the care of psychologist and other doctors and she should give birth to this child. This child we'll be on high demand for adoption or maybe there will be a case, when the maternal instincts will awaken in girl" Czesław Hoc |
Yeah, sure, force her to be a mother. When the kid
gets older, they can play together in hide and seek, help with homework and
steal toys from each other. Instead of spending her allowance on sweets, she
will be worrying about diapers and baby milk. Yeeeey! Who wouldn’t want that?
Kids at that age should be learning about responsibility by having a puppy or
kitten. Not a baby. And whoever claims that it’s the way it should be, tell it
to your kid. Have them have a child right now. Is he 13? He will be a brilliant
father! Is she 12? Who cares about her dreams and aspirations! Let her have
babies!
Many people say that she should have the baby, but no
one ask whether it’s good for her. She went through so much and all we can do
is still disallow her desire to have a normal life. Or anybody else’s desires. Politicians
say what she should or shouldn’t do, but can anybody guarantee their help
throughout her life? She will go through some tough times, are you, Mr.
Politician ready to pay for her therapy? For a babysitter when she will want to
go back to school? For all the expenses that she will need for her education
and for the child’s welfare?
We are spinning like crazy towards the pit, we can’t
find a way out from our own hypocrisy and ignorance.
Few years ago there was a high profile case in Yemen,
where 12-year-old girl died after she
had given birth to her child. She wasn’t raped, she was a child bride, whose
husband couldn’t wait with sex until she gets older. There was an uproar all
over the world, there were countless quotations of doctors who said that girls
at this age should not have children. That it’s dangerous to their health and
life. Their bodies are not ready for pregnancy.
I can’t even count the amount of comments condemning the
situation in Yemen. How could parents be so heartless and marry off their child?
How can a grown up man have sex with a child? It’s paedophilia, abomination,
backward culture. But all of this happened in a faraway country, in another
reality and we were so quick to decry them. There were so many voices saying
how we are different from THEM. How we are more civilised. How we are better. How
our religion is better.
I think this whole circus shows us that Polish society
is no different than an orthodox Muslim societies that we are so eager to criticize.
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| "If you knew anything about women, you would know, that you always slightly rape a woman" Janusz Korwin-Mikke |
Okay, sorry for that. Jokes aside.
We want women (and girls) to take responsibility for
their sexual acts, but we don’t educate them. We won’t provide them with an
opportunity to choose, have easy choice and their fully conscious choice.
Doctors and politicians make an access to contraception so difficult at a times
and so expensive that it’s impossible to make an informed decision about your
own reproductive health. And after stripping women from the power to determine
their own fate, everyone is so eager to judge their lack of responsibility for
their actions.
What is worse we don’t educate boys to acknowledge
that they also have to take responsibility for their actions. Heck, the society
is ready to take the blame of their hands at any time, when things get tough
for them. Because it’s woman’s responsibility to not have sex with a man.
Because if she had control over her own desire, there wouldn’t be any problem.
Are you all freaking serious?
Our government wants people to have more children, but
they are not ready provide a dignifying life conditions for those who want to
have children. Those who could provide Poland with “more hands to work”. Wouldn’t
it be easier to provide better care for mothers and their children? Wouldn’t it
be better to take better care of single mothers? Wouldn’t it be better if all
children were wanted? There are some people in this world who would love to
have loads of children, but simply can’t afford it. So maybe instead of forcing
women who don’t want to have children to breed and breed and breed, maybe it
would be wiser to provide better incentives? Like, better “back to work”
initiatives, more available upskilling courses, paternity leaves.
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| "We have such a low birth rate caused by feminist culture,so each child, even from rape, is worth a fortune! If we have 200 rapes a day, it doesn't mean that as many women conceived. They have been raped, usually because of their stupidity, and sometimes they were asking for it" Krzystof Oksiuta |
When will government and clergy realise that Poland is
not a good place to live for many of its citizens and it’s time to do something
about it? We have so many countries around us who have successes in areas that
we are failing miserably, but in our arogance we are refusing to follow their
example. When will they understand that social development is as important as
economic development? That without improving social sphere, we will not be able
to improve any other sphere?
The struggle in Poland is not over and is far from
over. We’ve raised our voices, but we can’t be silenced! Not now.
Stay strong, sisters! Keep fighting!
Spread the word! If you haven’t done it yet, SIGN THE PETITION!
Written by Vespertilio
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