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Originally Posted by fxashun  No, what's should be insultiing is for a woman to risk being an unmarried mother. .... But to allow a man to impregnate her before showing any real commitment shows she was meant to be a victim. And that's coming from a person raised by a "single mother" who was never married. | Please tell me you do not view your mother as a victim.
I don't know her, but since she was (is) a single mother, I view her as a courageous, hardworking woman, doing what she had to do to raise you (and any siblings you may have) on her own.
It really sounds like you are laying all the blame on the woman here. It sounds as if you are saying that if a woman doesn't want to be pregnant, she shouldn't have sex... because that risks being an unmarried mother. And if she does, and gets pregnant, and the man doesn't stick around, it's HER fault for choosing poorly or taking the risk.
Where does anyone say that if a man doesn't want to be a father, HE shouldn't have sex? No one says that. Because from what I hear, guys think it's COOL to have lots of sex with different partners, with little or no commitment. It's a mark of masculinity and manliness.
But a woman who does that?
Slut who gets what she deserves.
Incredible double-standard.
This is one of those topics that makes me glad to be a lesbian... but my daughter will have to deal with this issue as she matures into a young lady, and I would hate to think that this is the attitude she is STILL going to find out there. |