Congratulations on your son! I hope the delivery is uncomplicated and the baby perfect (like mine :-).
Why are you the subject of a public fluff-up? Because women are insecure. A major dogma of feminism and pop-culture is that every woman has to have her "choices affirmed." Assuming that premise, you might think a shrug and "Whatever ..." would be sufficient "affirmation" of stuff that's none of your business, but it's not.
Many women don't feel their "choices" are "affirmed" unless every woman makes the same choices. After all, if someone chooses differently from you - say, natural childbirth over anesthesia, or breastfeeding over formula - then that means (reasons the insecure mind) that Somebody Out There believes that what you choose was *wrong* (or at least suboptimal, or not universally applicable). This upsets some people very much.
I have to largely agree with this observation, unfortunately. You, otoh, sound secure. Bottom line, when you meet secure women, what is the common denominator among them that you think causes this in them? Not watching Oprah?
That is an excellent point, but I would include men who are liberals in there as well.
Boy you nailed it!
Wow. You need to be a writer! That was such a spot on summation of what whole books have been written about! FR is an incredible place cuz of folks like you. Thank YOU! (Now, back to the subject....)