NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon

Gifts fueled by a corporatized holiday belie the myth of Mother’s Day: the idea that by giving a present once a year, we are actually valuing the unending work of parenting labor. Gifts from a child or spouse are sweet, but on a broader level, a genuine celebration of mom’s labor would be if our society ensured her economic security—something mothers have very little of in today’s economy. Indeed, parenting labor, which sadly persists as “women’s work,” is granted no economic value, nor is much of the work mothers are engaging in outside of the home.

I think the value in this campaign lies in the assurance that asking for consent doesn’t have to be awkward, that it’s just a natural part of having sex. There’s this notion that sex should be spontaneous and that asking for consent (or stopping to use contraception) will ruin the mood, when in reality it’s a simple and hot as "Do you like this?" "Show me what you like," "Do you want to go further?" etc, among other forms of non-verbal communication.