Aww geez, get this man a hypo-spray.

But society tells a man, enshrined in law and tradition, that if he does not want to be forced into wage-slavery for 18 years of an unwanted child's life, he should not have had sex with the girl in the first place. It makes women victims of sex, not equal participants, fully capable and fully responsible. The woman chooses to have, abort, abandon or offer for adoption. The man does not have any choice over that, including if he wants to keep and she does not.

And that double standard stems from the inherent sexist bias that men are the big strong responsible ones, and women need protecting and helping. I keep seeing Emma Watson's face plastered all over facebook with "He For She" gash-tagged. He for she? HE... for SHE? She does not need he, and the campaign ridiculously reinforces the male hyper-responsibility and female hypo-responsibility that has led us to this system which is sexist to both males and females. If anything, we need we, but wee-wee probably isn't a good tag-line.

So why did i bring sexism up? Well, either you can't tell people to act a certain way if they don't want consequences, or you can.... and we as a society do not have a standard to use, because we legally force fathers into wage-slavery at the whim of the mother and tell him exactly that. Is it any surprise men are using the same unfair argument by which they can be and are financially crippled? That's the heart of the debate imo; society raises men to be fully responsible for their actions, but raises women not to be (which as we see is sexist and unfair to both).

Only one thing is certain - equality of the sexes is important for both sexes. Because when society is willing to accept that women can be responsible for themselves, men will not be held responsible for a woman's decision to have a child. And then maybe men will stop using the argument which they must bow to by law.

Pre-emptive edit:
I will never let it be said that the views expressed herein are sexist, nor that i am sexist. I am a huge proponent of the fact that women are gifted with the same cognitive potential as men, and that any physiological differences are irrelevant in the modern world. But equality comes with a price - and that price is real equality. I am not encouraging irresponsible male behaviour... i am stating, loud and proud, as a feminist.. that women should be allowed to be fully responsible for their choices and actions, because i believe them to be fully capable of it.

Real life hypo-spray!

>> ^MaxWilder:

That looks more like bi-polar disorder. When I get depressed it's more like the end shot where everything is empty and doesn't work, not clouds of doom and gloom.


Yeah, at least Hypo-manic Depression.

*quality

No way I could keep it up that long.
Hypo-manic phase will pass--I'll crash soon.
But, I am having great fun while it lasts!

In reply to this comment by dystopianfuturetoday:
Sweet baby Jesus! You are going to get your dag song in less than a year if you keep this pace up.

She obviously doesn't know what she's talking about. There are no 16 cores right now, but you can get two exothermic processors that have hypo-schematic design apertures that have 8 cores each on one pre-tinseled generic slot board. This allows you to say you have 16 cores, but you still need to let people know that it's a diachronic multi-phased stupid joke filter...

It might be electronic too, I'm not an expert.

Fair point. (I must have missed the whole "law of gravity no longer a law" back in high school in the 80's.. X )

The definition I was working off (hypo/theory/law) was the one we learned in my first (and only) year of university chem years ago so it might be a tad dated... *grin*

>> ^dannym3141:
>> ^Asmo:
The problem with belief or lack of belief in the 'theory' of evolution is moot, by using the term theory science already admits that it has not been proven beyond doubt...
Hypothesis
Theory
Law

I'm not sure if this is correct asmo, at least as far as i understand it. You state those 3 like they're the stages of a scientific fact, but that's actually not true.


Incorrect, the bible is passed through the minds and pens of the people who wrote it down. Old King James, New King James, New International Version etc etc. Pick any two versions and they'll be altered from each other. That's not directly...

>> ^Nithern:
A religious FACT, is the Holy Bible comes directly from God. A scientific fact would not past a correct level, since to say "The Holy Bible came from God." One must first prove the existance of God.

"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. This is my substitue for pistol and ball."

Moby Dick, Melville

I'll be with you in spirit.