And that's how we won evolution. We change the world around us.
pshht if the dinosaurs dont keep to themselves in a hundred years well pick other extinct species to bring back and talk to
It's arguable as to whether such changes are good or not. See the whole "climate change" aka "global cooling... wait, now it's global warming" debate. People say we're causing the climate to go crazy, and it's having bad effects on the planet, but it's not adversely affecting humanity. In time, it might, at which point nature reminds us harshly what happens when we mess with it too much. But we have caused whole species to die and wrecked ecosystems by deciding what species live and die, bringing new species into an area, protecting some species that could be dangerous at higher population levels.
In the end, we won't win if we fight nature. This planet can survive without us, and something new will spring up in our place.
I'm not a doctor, so I can't provide an exhaustive list, and wouldn't claim to know all of them, but I'd include such things as:
- Serious medical risk to the mother and/or child if the pregnancy were to continue to birth.
- Potential for extreme psychological trauma (which is why rape has to be included).
Those are broad strokes. I don't know all of the physical issues that could occur. That should be a doctor's call. And preferably not one who's paid to perform abortions, because, well, Hippocratic Oath too often falls to the side when someone sees dollar signs. (Similarly, not one who's involved in any lobbying or anything like that. Preferably, someone objective.)
It's hard to find perfect answers in a very imperfect world.
So how about someone who feels incapable of raising the child, for any given reason?
You don't like the idea of abortion - fair enough.
But claiming therefore nobody should have the option - yeah, not so much.
And one would think a Doctor who performs abortions might just be a valid authority on the subject?
Sorry, I didn't complete my thought, and I should have expanded on it... I don't just think more women should play the games to make a difference (and even with female models it doesn't seem to be that easy), I think it'd be good to have more women acting as game designers and model sculptors (or CAD designers, however they do it these days). That would likely do more to help bring women into the hobby than just throwing more boobs on 40K models.
I'd like more female models, sure, especially because the best female heads I can find to modify figures are overseas and will cost me a good bit in shipping cost and still could take a month before I get them, which kind of makes that idea a little rough. But it does get a little tiring to see a rather nasty lashing out at GW because the new Harlequins might only be 1/3 female (and I can confirm you can go 50/50 in a unit, because that's how my first unit is assembled, second will follow the same pattern). Two out of six is still progress from none! In the original Harlequins, there were barely any female models at all. But instead of saying, "Hey, they're making progress on at least one army, awesome!", to go hardcore negative instead? No. That's not going to convince anyone. Especially when the teenage boys that are their target market are just fine buying all-male Space Marines (or having their parents buy them), so GW's just fine with that status quo. Nudging someone along in the right direction by cheering on doing the right thing is a much better route than, "They didn't give me exactly what I want? This is pathetic! Those people are anti-women awful disgusting pigs!" Especially when the final box set had that 50/50 split.
I'd recommend people write in to GW and say positive things about the female Harlequins. Enough people doing so could convince them that there's more demand for such things in the future. Calling them evil misogynists because you only see 2 of 6 torsos with boobs on a picture, without even seeing the final product sprues? Yeah, that's not going to get use more female models (at least, that aren't barely dressed sex/murder zealots, a Madonna spoof, a "Commissar" wearing a corset showing off cleavage with a small waste, or "Damsels" who need to be defended by Knights).