![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gravityeyelidsvia http://ift.tt/2cbAQLb:
feminismineurope:
janiedean:
lammazzasette:
francisperfectionbonnefoy:
elanorfields:
Ok so the Italian Ministry for Health is fucking up big time. They just launched this unbelievably regressive campaign about fertility, which in its official presentation statements says it’s aimed at spreading awareness about:- the drop in birth rate in our country- the beauty of motherhood and fatherhood- the risks of illnesses that might impede becoming parents- medical help for men and women who can’t conceive.So far so good, except for the line in italic, which is just a prelude to the actual marketing about the event, scheduled for September 22nd, called Fertility Day (bad name choice already. There’s a shitty thing in Italy, called Family day, which is basically a gathering of bigots promoting “the traditional family” aka protesting against LGBT marriage/adoption).Examples to follow:
Translation: “Beauty doesn’t age. Fertility does.”Wow, sexist.
Translation: “Male fertility is much more vulnerable than it looks.”
I can see them thinking. Yo, we just stated that women can stay beautiful but become worthless if they don’t put their uterus to good use, that’s unfair towards women! Let’s do a male equivalent. How do we make a good metaphore for a useless cock? *facepalm*
Translation: “Cheers. Alcohol halves your fertility.”Oh, so we’re not having children because we’re too busy partying hard (there are two more like this one. One with cigarettes, the other one with drugs). Sounds about right. *sarcasm*
Translation: “Fertility is a common good.”Fertility is possibly the most personal good? WTF?? It’s MY - FUCKING - BODY.
Translation: “Young parents. The best way to be creative.”Plus…
Translation: “Our Constitution protects aware and responsible procreation.”
Sure. In a country where juvenile unemployment is over 40%, and where people under the age of 35 very rarely have a stable job that makes decent money, they’re calling us out for not becoming parents while we’re still young. We’re not being creative! We’re being irresponsible drunks! We’re not giving our contribution to make this country great and strong! Where did I hear this last one already? Oh right, it was common propaganda during the Fascist dictatorship.
Offensive. To my entire generation, who’s been fucked over enough. To those who wish they could have children, but are dealing with their 10th underpaid temporary job, while being rejected everywhere because they’re “overqualified”. To those who just aren’t interested in having children. To the LGBT community who’s been promised and then denied access to parenthood. To people who can’t conceive, for whom access to insemination is extremely hard. To singles who maybe miracoulously have a stable economical situation and are denied parenthood.
In case you were wondering how far the Baby boomers vs Millennials issue could go, here’s an example.
As person in a lesbian relationship who struggles to arrive at the end of the month, who gets called overqualified because of this shitty work system, who is enough RESPONSIBLE for not taking the duty of an extra mouth to feed when I cannot be sure if I am going to have a job month after month despite working perfectly fine, all I want to say is a very heartfelt VAFFANCULO for this fertility shit.
I wanted to articulate why this shit is just offensive and useless. It doesn’t offer anything to the citizens, it doesn’t promote any baby bonus stuff or extra money for people having children. There’s nothing. The message is “we have an extremely low birth-rate so start breeding already.” Like it’s just so fucking pointless?????? why would young people with no money no future have a fucking baby?? and the worst is that in other campaign posters it’s implied that one son is not enough, that you gotta have more than one. WHAT FOR???
huh I hadn’t seen the one about alcohol but GOOD GREAT hey I never wanted children anyway and I never say no to my alcohol sounds like I’m promoting my interests
that said apparently they canceled this clusterfuck after noticing the effects of the campaign but like this looks like fascist propaganda when it comes to women and having kids. like. it’s been a century? wtf? and they expect people to up the birth rate in a situation where at twenty five you’re told that you’re lucky if you land some underpaid 500 euros per month job without benefits? who’s going to pay for this kid’s upbringing, the grandparents? when *welfare* in italy is basically ‘hey your parents and grandparents could save money so they’ll help you out if there’s the need or goodbye’? woooowwww.
also as part of the group who doesn’t want children and knew she didn’t want them at the ripe age of twelve can I just say that this crap is honestly draining? like it’s probably the category with less *issues* since it’s not like you have to fight for adoption or whatever but having 90% of your female relatives asking when you’re planning for kids and dismissing it when you say you aren’t having any now or ever is bothersome enough, if the GOVERNMENT starts telling me that if I don’t give a fuck about my fertility or having children then I’m throwing away my life, fuck you very much. idk I’d like to think that if I know I’d be a shitty parent I’m being *responsible* by not putting another poor soul into the world when I DON’T WANT IT. like what’s up with worrying about dunno kids who EXIST ALREADY instead of potential ones first?
ah right I also forgot that more than half of the gynecologists in public hospitals opts out of performing abortions on top of that, but what do I know, it’s probably better so we put into the world kids who’ll grow up with people who don’t love them or will be left in the system. /please
I love how many countries are worried about low childbirth rate because they want more citizens but when refugees want to settle down there then it’s suddenly Nope we can’t possibly take more people
feminismineurope:
janiedean:
lammazzasette:
francisperfectionbonnefoy:
elanorfields:
Ok so the Italian Ministry for Health is fucking up big time. They just launched this unbelievably regressive campaign about fertility, which in its official presentation statements says it’s aimed at spreading awareness about:- the drop in birth rate in our country- the beauty of motherhood and fatherhood- the risks of illnesses that might impede becoming parents- medical help for men and women who can’t conceive.So far so good, except for the line in italic, which is just a prelude to the actual marketing about the event, scheduled for September 22nd, called Fertility Day (bad name choice already. There’s a shitty thing in Italy, called Family day, which is basically a gathering of bigots promoting “the traditional family” aka protesting against LGBT marriage/adoption).Examples to follow:
Translation: “Beauty doesn’t age. Fertility does.”Wow, sexist.
Translation: “Male fertility is much more vulnerable than it looks.”
I can see them thinking. Yo, we just stated that women can stay beautiful but become worthless if they don’t put their uterus to good use, that’s unfair towards women! Let’s do a male equivalent. How do we make a good metaphore for a useless cock? *facepalm*
Translation: “Cheers. Alcohol halves your fertility.”Oh, so we’re not having children because we’re too busy partying hard (there are two more like this one. One with cigarettes, the other one with drugs). Sounds about right. *sarcasm*
Translation: “Fertility is a common good.”Fertility is possibly the most personal good? WTF?? It’s MY - FUCKING - BODY.
Translation: “Young parents. The best way to be creative.”Plus…
Translation: “Our Constitution protects aware and responsible procreation.”
Sure. In a country where juvenile unemployment is over 40%, and where people under the age of 35 very rarely have a stable job that makes decent money, they’re calling us out for not becoming parents while we’re still young. We’re not being creative! We’re being irresponsible drunks! We’re not giving our contribution to make this country great and strong! Where did I hear this last one already? Oh right, it was common propaganda during the Fascist dictatorship.
Offensive. To my entire generation, who’s been fucked over enough. To those who wish they could have children, but are dealing with their 10th underpaid temporary job, while being rejected everywhere because they’re “overqualified”. To those who just aren’t interested in having children. To the LGBT community who’s been promised and then denied access to parenthood. To people who can’t conceive, for whom access to insemination is extremely hard. To singles who maybe miracoulously have a stable economical situation and are denied parenthood.
In case you were wondering how far the Baby boomers vs Millennials issue could go, here’s an example.
As person in a lesbian relationship who struggles to arrive at the end of the month, who gets called overqualified because of this shitty work system, who is enough RESPONSIBLE for not taking the duty of an extra mouth to feed when I cannot be sure if I am going to have a job month after month despite working perfectly fine, all I want to say is a very heartfelt VAFFANCULO for this fertility shit.
I wanted to articulate why this shit is just offensive and useless. It doesn’t offer anything to the citizens, it doesn’t promote any baby bonus stuff or extra money for people having children. There’s nothing. The message is “we have an extremely low birth-rate so start breeding already.” Like it’s just so fucking pointless?????? why would young people with no money no future have a fucking baby?? and the worst is that in other campaign posters it’s implied that one son is not enough, that you gotta have more than one. WHAT FOR???
huh I hadn’t seen the one about alcohol but GOOD GREAT hey I never wanted children anyway and I never say no to my alcohol sounds like I’m promoting my interests
that said apparently they canceled this clusterfuck after noticing the effects of the campaign but like this looks like fascist propaganda when it comes to women and having kids. like. it’s been a century? wtf? and they expect people to up the birth rate in a situation where at twenty five you’re told that you’re lucky if you land some underpaid 500 euros per month job without benefits? who’s going to pay for this kid’s upbringing, the grandparents? when *welfare* in italy is basically ‘hey your parents and grandparents could save money so they’ll help you out if there’s the need or goodbye’? woooowwww.
also as part of the group who doesn’t want children and knew she didn’t want them at the ripe age of twelve can I just say that this crap is honestly draining? like it’s probably the category with less *issues* since it’s not like you have to fight for adoption or whatever but having 90% of your female relatives asking when you’re planning for kids and dismissing it when you say you aren’t having any now or ever is bothersome enough, if the GOVERNMENT starts telling me that if I don’t give a fuck about my fertility or having children then I’m throwing away my life, fuck you very much. idk I’d like to think that if I know I’d be a shitty parent I’m being *responsible* by not putting another poor soul into the world when I DON’T WANT IT. like what’s up with worrying about dunno kids who EXIST ALREADY instead of potential ones first?
ah right I also forgot that more than half of the gynecologists in public hospitals opts out of performing abortions on top of that, but what do I know, it’s probably better so we put into the world kids who’ll grow up with people who don’t love them or will be left in the system. /please
I love how many countries are worried about low childbirth rate because they want more citizens but when refugees want to settle down there then it’s suddenly Nope we can’t possibly take more people
