Posted by Dinah on November 20, 2006, at 8:49:29
In reply to Re: What on earth? » Dinah, posted by Meri-Tuuli on November 20, 2006, at 6:32:32
Yeah, I think there is a difference of cultures, and so I don't see the point of debating the point.
But part of what I'm saying is that I have a son. If the condom fails, the girl can choose whether to get the morning after pill. The girl can choose adoption if she gets pregnant, doesn't want the child, and doesn't believe in abortion.
My son is merely a boy. He can insist on wearing a condom whether or not the girl is on birth control, but if it fails or is used improperly, he can't run out and get the morning after pill. If he doesn't believe in abortion and that's what she chooses, tough luck for him. If he doesn't want to be responsible for a child at a young age and she wants to raise the baby, tough luck for him. If he thinks the best option for a baby born to babies is adoption and she doesn't, tough luck for him.
As a boy, as a man, he has zero rights. He is totally at the mercy of the choices of the girl.
I want him to realize that before he unzips. And be willing to take the consequences. Because along with the sperm, an awful lot of potential responsibility will be issuing from his body, along with any rights about what happens to any embryo resulting from that sperm.
Perhaps things are different in your country. Perhaps a boy there has choices once that sperm has hit the egg. Not so here.
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