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[–]diapason 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, agreed. It's a really vague term—another interpretation of it could be that it's referring to equality within a marriage (i.e. husband does as much housework as his wife). I'm of the opinion that terms should generally be pretty immediately understood by anyone who has a basic knowledge of the debate around an issue… confusing terminology just doesn't help anyone. Another one that annoys me is "pro-life" versus "pro-choice"… "pro-life" could mean anything, are you against the death penalty? vegetarian or vegan? anti-war? opposed to euthanasia? "pro-choice" only makes sense within the context of the debate, but makes more sense than "pro-abortion" would I guess… but the right to an abortion is always described as "a woman's right to choose" which, while we all know what it means, for clarity should probably be "a woman's right to choose to have an abortion". I feel like debate is just always better when the issues aren't shrouded in language that's almost euphemistic for how vague it is

[–]PenseePansy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

"pro-choice" only makes sense within the context of the debate, but makes more sense than "pro-abortion" would I guess… but the right to an abortion is always described as "a woman's right to choose" which, while we all know what it means, for clarity should probably be "a woman's right to choose to have an abortion".

The term "pro-choice" has always bugged me too, for the same reason (though-- again I'm with you on this-- not as much as "pro-life" does). Maybe it'd be better expressed as "pro-abortion rights"? Or is that too long, and/or too close to "pro-abortion" for comfort?

[–]diapason 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, I feel like that would be better. I'm not sure there's really a good and concise way of saying it though