# "Your body, my choice" - is it really true that gangs of boys are chanting this in schoolyards and other public places? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245 "2024-11-14T04:39:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/1 "2024-11-14T04:39:44Z")
Not being a mom, of tweens or anyone else, I’m personally finding this a little hard to believe, and the whole thing sounds like a meme or an urban legend in the making. Plus, I personally think Nick Fuentes is a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/2 "2024-11-14T06:03:34Z")
I don’t know if he’s a troll or what ever. He’s antisemitic, misogynistic and a white supremist. Pretty bad person. I’ve heard the reports of boys supposedly saying that stuff to young girls. Nothing credible. My grandkids wouldn’t be of an age to hear these things. The University my daughter and her boyfriend work at has not had any issues yet, that they’ve heard. Very red state. I’m gonna go on the assumption that kids won’t repeat it until they hear adults saying it. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/3 "2024-11-14T07:09:59Z")
In the early 1990s, I had a pen pal who had a tween-aged daughter. “MTV Unplugged” had an episode with Pearl Jam, where Eddie Vedder got out a marker and wrote “PRO CHOICE” on his arm, and her daughter did that too. She sat her daughter down to have a little talk with her, and you guessed it - her daughter had no idea what that really meant. I could see a group of people (both men, doing it, and women, observing it) setting themselves up to do that, because they think a viral TikTok video will come from it. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/4 "2024-11-14T10:04:55Z")
My 14 year old daughter has heard it at school in NZ, BUT, from someone who tends to try to be controversial. It is certainly something that is out there in the wild (my 20 year old has also heard it in the wild) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/5 "2024-11-14T12:51:15Z")
It’s definitely a real thing Trump bigots have been saying. I know people who have ended friendships over it. I’m hoping the fact of how harsh people are coming down on this helps. So it would not surprise me at all that it got picked up by edgelord kids, or even just the kids of the meb who were saying this. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/6 "2024-11-14T13:00:28Z")
It wouldn’t surprise me if it is true. The MAGA attitude towards women is basically, “We can rape you and force you to have our evil spawn while we laugh and mock you.” This has to have an effect on their youth. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/7 "2024-11-14T18:00:49Z")
I know many middle and high school girls do not use their pronouns online due to harassment so I can’t say it’s true but would not surprise me if it were. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/8 "2024-11-14T22:27:04Z")
A T-shirt with this printed on it was seen in the wild in Las Vegas by a friend. He was getting the bird flipped at him. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/9 "2024-11-14T22:32:44Z")
I was thinking this whole thing is the bigots co-opting a women’s empowerment book title and mashing it, mockingly, with the Pro-Choice movement: > **[Our Bodies, Ourselves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Bodies%2C_Ourselves)** > > Our Bodies, Ourselves is a book about women's health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization Our Bodies Ourselves (originally called the Boston Women's Health Book Collective). First published in 1970, it contains information related to many aspects of women's health and sexuality, including: sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, birth control, abortion, pregnancy and childbirth, violence and abuse, and menopause. The most recent edition of the book was published in 2... I don’t know how women are going to reclaim it other than shaming anyone who says/uses it. Men will be unreachable for the most part, but boys should be corrected and for most it should hold. As someone mentioned, it will take responsible parenting. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/10 "2024-11-14T22:47:51Z")
Who did the bird flipping? The t-shirt wearer, or your friend? I guess if Mr. T-shirt wore that out, women would know not to get involved with him. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/11 "2024-11-14T22:49:03Z")
The original edition had a section on how to wash and reuse condoms. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/12 "2024-11-14T22:50:56Z")
Check my post again. It was a general bird-flipping in his direction. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/13 "2024-11-14T22:56:19Z")
That saying “never type out something in an email that you wouldn’t want read out in court” should be exponentially more so for a t-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/14 "2024-11-15T03:12:06Z")
Some woman raised these men. Just sayin’ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/15 "2024-11-15T03:18:19Z")
“My ‘Your body, my choice’ T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/16 "2024-11-15T03:25:49Z")
Oh. Yeah, that’s different. Hmmm. I might put that away for the duration. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/17 "2024-11-15T04:17:37Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I was thinking this whole thing is the bigots co-opting a women’s empowerment book title and mashing it, mockingly, with the Pro-Choice movement: No, it is twisting the common phrase “My body, my choice”. Speaking of little Nicky… > **[Video of Nick Fuentes attacking woman at his home goes viral](https://www.newsweek.com/nick-fuentes-address-marla-rose-pepper-spray-women-1985059)** > > Right-wing commentator Nick Fuentes' address was leaked online after he said "Your body, my choice" while celebrating Trump's election win. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/18 "2024-11-15T06:25:16Z")
Gotta say, if there’s anyone who deserved to get doxxed, it’s someone like Nick Fuentes. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/19 "2024-11-15T06:48:44Z")
An apparent set of [social media exchanges](https://www.tumblr.com/shrimpsisbugs/766995700376567808/satisfying) with one young man who said it…and is regretting it… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-my-choice-is-it-really-true-that-gangs-of-boys-are-chanting-this-in-schoolyards-and-other-public-places/1010245/20 "2024-11-15T06:59:03Z")
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