Patriarchy, Black Listing, and the Language of Birth | Mickey Z.

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Mary Lou Singleton

(Interview with Mary Lou Singleton)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

Oct. 11, 2015

“I desire nothing more than the abolition of gender and the final smashing of the patriarchy.” (Mary Lou Singleton)

When radical feminist mother, midwife, and nurse-practitioner Mary Lou Singleton applied to have a $500 table with WoLF (Women's Liberation Front) at the Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA) convention in Albuquerque, NM, she was denied.

“After a long and horrible series of emails, the VP of MANA actually stated that she believes patriarchy hurts men more than women and that women who believe there is a global brutal system of male supremacy oppressing female people are ‘dysfunctional’ and coming from a victim mindset,” Singleton explained. “I was told that the presence of WoLF in the exhibit hall would make people ‘feel unsafe.’”

Why, you might wonder, would someone who has served on the boards of directors of MANA and the National Association of Certified Professional Midwives and currently serves on the advisory board of the Stop Patriarchy Abortion Rights Freedom Ride and is the chair of the WoLF's Reproductive Autonomy task force make people at a midwifery convention feel “unsafe”?

We’ll get to that soon enough. For now, here’s what happened next:

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