Women Love Conflation

Women have a special talent for the Conflation Fallacy. They mix completely different concepts as if they were the same thing — and then use the emotional discomfort generated by that mixture as if it were irrefutable proof.

Classic example:

“If you are against abortion, then you are against women’s rights.” Watch the magic of conflation in action:

On one side we have a specific position on abortion (a topic involving ethics, biology, fetal rights, bodily autonomy, etc.).

On the other side we have “women’s rights” — a broad, generic, and emotionally charged concept.

By joining the two as if they were identical, the woman turns any disagreement about abortion into a direct attack on all women. Whoever disagrees isn’t just holding a different opinion on a medical/ethical procedure. No. They “hate women’s rights.” They “hate women.” It’s brilliant in its simplicity.

With this single conflation move, she:

I. Avoids discussing the real merits of abortion (science, statistics, ethics);

II. Turns the debate into an emotional question of “you are against me/women”;

III. Puts the opponent on the defensive, as if they need to prove they are not a monster;

And still scores social virtue points for defending “women’s rights.”

This is what I affectionately call women’s evilginous (evil) usufruct. They don’t need to refute the argument with facts or logic. They just need to conflate the specific topic with a larger emotional narrative (“rights,” “oppression,” “hate”), trigger victim mode, and done: rational debate dies on the spot, replaced by feeling and social pressure. And the best part? It works absurdly well in most cases. Because, for many women, the important thing is not being right. It’s feeling right… and making everyone around agree that she is right because of the feeling. Next time you hear “If you are against X, you are against women’s rights / against equality / against progress,” remember: This is almost always pure conflation.

Don’t fall for the trick. Separate the concepts. Demand that the argument be defended on its own. 🖖