If Abortion were a procedure the MAN had to decide on - and to suffer

[Mira]

it would long have been declared "A Sacrament" a sacred rite, and one that exalts the one going through it.

If it were men that bled for 4-5 days a month without dying from it, they would have built themselves small menstruation castles to reside in for the duration with women ministering their every whims.
At the very least they would be staying in bed that week, languishing, having assured there is no deduction in pay, just glory and adulation.

If men were to bear the children,
were to raise them alone if their women deserted them, were to be discounted for it because of that....
great strides in assessment and equality of gender roles might be possible down the road.

I'm all for it.


Heck,
it's late, I'm generally po'ed at having to re-visit what my Mom went through......and tired of it,too

[Skittles]

1. I'VE HAD IT WITH MEN

liked it too

sorry, Skittles classic

[Manifestor_of_Light]

2. Gloria Steinem wrote a piece about this:If Men Could Menstruate

Classic piece. I think it's in her book Outrageous Acts & Everyday Rebellions.

"Congress would fund a National Institute of Dysmenorrhea".

Don't I wish............

[DURHAM D]

3. Here you go - have fun

If Men Could Menstruate
by Gloria Steinem


http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/p109g/steinem.menstruate.html

Its been awhile since I read it. I love Gloria.

[MADem]

9. She's got some serious wit with a purpose, there! nt

[Bonobo]

4. Yeah, men are such wimps in every way.

You go for it!

THAT'S the way to work toward equality! Run down men with stupid overly board generalizations and intellectually lazy pontification!

[saras]

6. If you want equality rather than improvement, it's exactly the right tactic

[Bonobo]

10. Really? I'd love to hear the mechanics of how that works. nt

[Yupster]

12. Yeah, men are such wimps.

and stupid too. Did I tell you how stupid men are too.

Lucky we have DU to make fun of these stupid wimpy men.

[Tunkamerica]

5. If men could do all that, wouldn't they be women?

[Rex]

7. Yes

I believe in fact they would no longer be men. You are correct!

[MADem]

8. I'm confused!

If men were doing all those things, they'd be women...and it would be women trying to hang on to the seats of power--they'd be the men!

Here's how I look at the question of choice. It's not a question of sperm or eggs, it's a question of who owns the womb. The womb is key because without it, nothing happens. You can create an embryo in a dish, but that's all it will be without a womb.

If the owner of that womb isn't willing to be occupied for nine months--and that womb is the sole and exclusive property of the woman, not the man--then what the landlady says, goes. End of discussion.

I suppose the corollary to all that is: If you don't like abortion, don't get one! Problem solved.

[TexasProgresive]

11. I think that line of arguement is weak at best

"If men were to bear the children," That would mean the men would be women and the women would be men. (Edited to correct syntax)