TheCatt wrote: I saw a banner here in Cambridge (Harvard) that said "Outlawing abortion is a form of modern slavery" held up by two white women
You should have stopped and asked them to explain the logic underlying that conclusion.
TheCatt wrote: I'm saying let women choose, the end, cuz otherwise it's too complicated.
I honestly don't give a fuck.
You want to condemn a person because they have a dick. There's no getting around that. Thus, some compromise has to be found.
Allow women all the decision making rights once preggers, but what do men get in return?
Losing almost by default in all divorce cases?
Losing almost by default in all custody cases?
Being portrayed as a sex obsessed and incompetent boob in most TV Shows and commercials?
Having two leaders of the Democratic party bash men in general and not be criticized for it, but rather praised?
Always being assumed to be the aggressor in domestic violence calls?
Always assumed to be a rapist by certain segments of the population?
Being called the greatest evil the world has ever known if they're also white and straight?
Having to sacrifice their own lives in favor of letting women live in dangerous situations?
Being the last ones the cops ask to be freed in hostage situations?
Having to fight all wars?
Being expected to pay for dinner on dates in this "equal" world?
Being expected to open doors for women, and all the other gentlemanly deeds?
Expected to be the contact initiator in social interactions with women?
And so on and on and on and on and on and on...
By all means, let's make sure we don't end any of these hypocrisies in this age of equality.
Ok, I'm having a bit of fun there, but there has to be a compromise somewhere, complex or not, to allow for men to have some say in an 18 year (minimum) financial commitment.
GORDON wrote: Women can choose all they want, as long as they aren't consigning a man into slavery if he doesn't want the kid.
And that's what I'm getting at. Keep the kid, but don't expect the guy to pay for it if he didn't want it.
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