Isn't it time to teach us males, what you learned in 7th grade assembly?

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38. That was probably a good idea.

Personally, I don't understand what the defensiveness is about. I didn't see the OP as a broad brush criticism at all, just an acknowledgement that males have the lions share of control over the family planning conversation, while at the same time too many of the loudest voices are hopelessly ignorant and unwilling to listen to women.

Living in a woman's body on a daily basis kind of gives me an edge about what women's reproductive health means to women, in ways that can't be learned from a book. But, if you know a lot about the realities of women's bodies, that's commendable, and nobody is criticizing you for it! It's not about you.

Your reaction reminds me of when women start talking about being sexually harrassed, and then all of a sudden some men get defensive, as though they are afraid of being lumped in with sexual harrassers just because they are males too. I find it odd. For example my ex boyfriend wouldn't dream of sexually harrassing anyone, but he argued with me and didn't seem to believe me when I told him about being sexually harassed on the street, often. He became very defensive, as though he had to defend his entire gender.