Thursday, February 12, 2009
Am I a reverse-elitist?
Maybe. I was called one on a message board recently and perhaps I am. About fertility anyways. I do think that there are struggles that fertile people can't understand unless they have been through it. I know I did not understand or even think about it until I suffered from IF. So in a way, I don't think that fertiles should be allowed to comment on the validity of IF treatments or on the mindset of the person pursuing them. I do think that I am more qualified in my opinion of fertility treatments. I am not saying that the way I feel is right. I am sure some people think that its not, that's fine. I am just saying that fertiles making judgements about IF treatment is like me making judgments about people who choose different cancer treatments. How would I, having never had cancer, be qualified in any way to tell a person suffering from cancer that they should do treatment x over treatment y or that they shouldn't do any treatment at all? I am not qualified and I don't know anything about it or what they're going through, so I would keep my mouth shut. Anyways, this post was a little grumpy, I'll post something upbeat tomorrow :)
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