Note 785

Why are abortion laws are so divisive? I get that there is a case to be made for the "candidate member", that unborn children may be entitled to some statutory rights, which I even happen to agree with, but if you don't give women the power to uphold their own moral imperatives then you are removing any and all responsibility they have to those imperatives. You're creating irresponsible mothers. Then you're shooting yourself in the foot economically, socially, etc. You can't create any sort of robust society if you make brood mares of your women, having them pump out litters of mewling runts not even they as mothers can love.

If we gave women the power to solve this issue they would. And they'd solve it because they are the life givers. They have a vested interest in solving it. If it were up to men we'd eat our young and any man who claims otherwise is lying. My kids ought to know how narrowly they escaped my plate and appreciate their mother all the more.

And men who think they have the right to force women to carry their child to term may themselves be a living endorsement of why that's a bad idea. Not to mention how entitled it is. Don't get me wrong, I understand that abortion can have an emotional impact on would-be fathers but certainly no more than would-be mothers. And you can express your distress without an injunction. You're not dealing with a mound of dirt.

Of course, the ability to bear children is enviable. That women are capable of the ultimate act of creation is probably something they will never live down. But men shouldn't pretend that if they could bear children that they wouldn't have abortions; that's some self-righteous bullshit. Of course they would. And even though bearing children is a truly magnificent function, women should no more be defined by it than men are defined by their inability to do so since one informs the other. So defining women this way is only feeding your own inferiority complex, probably leading to that irrational fear of the mythical succubus that would devour your manhood (and destroy your seed). It's as if they think that women are inherently evil. Oh wait... THEY DO! Remember Adam and Eve? Thing is, if you bring up women telling them they're evil do you think that's less likely to produce evil women?

Women are evil and can't help but give way to temptation, it's just in their nature. By the way, don't eat that apple (wink). What sort of fucked up reverse psychology is this? You're a despicable creature that can't control itself, can't be trusted and will inevitably betray us all. By the way, don't cheat on me or I'll murder you.

It's almost as if (some [definitely not me]) men think they deserve to be betrayed and so create this self-fulfilling prophesy in order to project their guilt onto women whom they then punish for it.