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Lonestarblue

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1. Something every teenager needs to learn about, especially young women.
Mon Jul 3, 2023, 01:03 PM
Jul 2023

I believe that every person should have a job before getting married, and that women especially should be taught the economic costs of not finishing high school or not being able to work because of having to care for small children. Now that Republicans are forcing birth on women, they should consider what happens to them even if they’re currently married but a husband decides to get a divorce. A women with babies and no job skills is stuck at the bottom of an economic ladder. She may get some child support, but deadbeat dads are notorious for skipping out on alimony payments. And those who drop out of high school to have a baby have a greater likelihood of living their whole lives in poverty. Many kids are totally ignorant of these realities.

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