As a woman

[Taverner]

9. As a man, I am sick of it too. Let's play "walk a mile in someone else's shoes" for a minute...

Imagine you, a male, could not get a condom without a prescription. And you had to be 18 to buy one. Add to that that if conception occurs, it is you who must carry the fetus to term. Now imagine that if you didn't want said fetus, you had no job, no money. In fact, let's just say you are in an economic system that places the burden of capital production on the opposite sex, so getting a job of your own is tougher than it is the other sex. And if you do get a job, you get paid less for the same work. Oh, and add to that the morning sickness, extra weight, extra rations of food, fatigue, etc. Now, add to the equation that any and all government assistance that might help is being slashed right and left.

You don't want the kid, yet by law you have to carry it to term.

If you still have questions, try this experiment at home: carry around a shotput on your body for 9 months, take ipecac every morning and order every meal supersized. Then, about midday, take a sleeping pill. Oh, and go to every job interview with a big, red, "A" on your forehead.