Note to self: do not get in arguments with your supervisor about abortion rights.
I have said it before and I will say it again. I have a hard time understanding why men should be allowed to hold opinions on abortion. Maybe that is (gasp!) sexist of me, but I just don’t think its fair. I mean, a man can blab all day about how abortion is ending a life. Or that its seflish of the woman who should be “facing the consequences” of having (oh no!) SEX. Well, at the end of the day, its still the WOMAN who has to carry it for nine months, the WOMAN who has to give birth to it, the WOMAN will be the primary caretaker, and (in lots of cases of unwanted pregnancy) the WOMAN is the sole source of income. So, lets review. Men say women shouldn’t have abortions. Women have to suffer.
Very equal. I see the light now!!
Yes, there are men out there affected by abortion. But at the end of the day, while a man helped make the baby, yes, most so-called “fathers” do really little to contribute to an unwanted baby’s life. Not all men will “step up to the plate” and do half of the childrearing. Hell, plenty of fathers of wanted, planned children from marriages can’tdo half of the childrearind, but that’s a different post.
So, really, until these men who blast their anti-choice fodder towards us start adopting and raising unwanted babies, they really should have no say at all.
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April 24, 2008 at 5:49 am
Renee
I don’t think that the answer is to exclude men from the debate. While what you say about raising children does have its basis in fact, women are also culpable of child neglect. As a society we pay much lip service to investing in children and yet in actuality each year less and less social spending is directed at raising children. Many are pro birth but not pro life. Children and parents do better in a communal setting. What we need to do is to start encouraging all to participate and not silence the voice of some based in gender. While it is tempting to say that because women carry the burden the topic should not be up for discussion, to do so would mean we as women were succumbing to patriarchal tactics. We need to hear all the voices even when we disagree with them.
April 24, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Kacie
Of course it can be up for discussion–my real problem is anti-choice men, for it seems they have no real hand in the matter.