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freshwest

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1. What I'd like to see is more men standing up for women's rights. After all, they are not only...
Wed Mar 14, 2012, 10:58 PM
Mar 2012

Invading the bedrooms and bodies of women, but the men who share responsibility for all the things that women are getting the blame for. It takes two to tango, as the saying goes.

So where the hell are the men?

Do they intend to be celibate except when they are planning to have children?

If they aren't going to be celibate, are they going to see their partners through their pregnancies and the rearing of their children?

Most woman in a sexually active, committed relationship can get pregnant and bear one child a year and it can add up. If the GOP wants women to be willing to have sex all the time and accept the consequences, this is what they are.

Do men feel that they can support, say, a family of a dozen or more in a long term marriage? How are they going to do that? In such cases the woman would need recovery time and likely be a full-time housewife and mother, as the cost of childcare would be prohibitive.

So, would men stand behind their women or stand aside, allowing contraception to be outlawed? Will they take care of all unwanted children so their wife or girlfriend won't be at the abortion clinic?

If this continues, the guys better get used to those cold showers. Women do know how to say NO, and the reasons for it.

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GOP Doubling Down [View all] TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 OP
What I'd like to see is more men standing up for women's rights. After all, they are not only... freshwest Mar 2012 #1
That's an excellent point Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #4
Thanks for expressing it that way, I was coming back to my reply to edit if for that. freshwest Mar 2012 #6
Excellent points again... Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #10
Cheap labor, even slave labor, is the end result of unregulated capitalism. freshwest Mar 2012 #11
Yup. "Cheap Labor Conservatives" Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #15
Umm, nice website. freshwest Mar 2012 #17
They are Planning to Steal the Election, so It Won't Matter What the Rest of us Think AndyTiedye Mar 2012 #2
and they're not even holding a pair longship Mar 2012 #3
I personally don't know any Christians who don't support abortion and birth control. freshwest Mar 2012 #9
Thoughtful response longship Mar 2012 #12
Thanks, but this is more than a matter of history. We don't need to go back to that. freshwest Mar 2012 #13
Pardon me! longship Mar 2012 #16
Yes, you are excused! LOL! freshwest Mar 2012 #19
Thank you, your eminence. longship Mar 2012 #20
Good night, sweet prince. Or princess, as the case may be. freshwest Mar 2012 #21
I read a story where a woman in Morocco, I believe, committed suicide rustydog Mar 2012 #5
They've been pushing this here for years... Under their right to life movement. freshwest Mar 2012 #7
"Religion is regarded ......................by the rulers as useful". Seneca ErikJ Mar 2012 #8
Every time I think I've heard it all lately in regards liberalhistorian Mar 2012 #14
Oh, that one's been out there for years. That's why some of the evangelical churches have classes to freshwest Mar 2012 #18
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