Daddy Nobucks: When Involuntary Fathers Are Forced to Foot The Bill
Wow, why don’t we go back to the dark ages!
There was a time in history when women had no rights at all and were considered the property of their husbands. For years in western countries, especially after laws changed in the 1900s, women were usually not financially able to raise children alone. There was no family allowance, no child support, women didn’t even have the right to vote or own property.
These days in western countries women are considered full citizens and have the same rights as men on paper. Yet there is still generally an income gap between women and men and single women are disproportionately taking responsibility for unplanned children, taking 100 per cent of the blame if a pregnancy occurs.
We don’t have safe and effective birth control yet for women – in fact if a woman goes on the Pill for eight years or more she is at a high risk of developing cancer. Many women cannot tolerate the Pill. Depo Provera is dangerous for women’s health so are IUDS. The female condom is difficult to use, it’s hard to find a doctor these days who will fit the cervical cap or a diaphragm. It’s shocking with all the information available about AIDS and STIs (STDS) that condom use wouldn’t be automatic but there are still men out there who refuse to use a condom. There aren’t enough birth control methods focused on men. I think we need better sex ed for both women and men and we need to teach younger women and girls especially how to advocate for themselves better.
In New France (1534-1763) men were obligated to pay for any children they created whether they were married to the woman/girl or not.
Judging from what Amy is saying, since men have carte blanche to use women for sex and then refuse to acknowledge any children they help conceive then women should point blank refuse to have sex with men unless and until the men sign a legal agreement beforehand.
Whatwith hormones and emotions and such I don’t know how realistic that would be, but it would sure save a lot of women from derailed careers and poverty and save a lot of children from the pain of being abandoned by their fathers.
