Tell me what should be done with this:
A man gets drunk and sleeps with a sober woman who doesn’t use birth control. She gets pregnant from that man. Did he willfully become a father? Should he pay child support until that child is an adult?
An excellent point. The law will of course make him do so.
My response is that a man should avoid putting himself in a situation where such a thing is likely to happen. But that’s exactly the same advice, given the women, that the author of this article was attacked for giving.
Nobody will attack me for giving such advice to men, they’ll just think it’s stupid and unrealistic. Can’t expect men to keep it in their pants, you know.
I’ve been drunk enough at times, sadly, when such a thing could have happened to me, had I been with a different crowd. Had I impregnated a young lady, and it was provent to be so, I would have assumed as much responsibility for the child as she allowed. I’m responsible, even if I hadn’t planned on it happening.
Just as I’m responsible for killing somebody while driving under the influence, even though I had no such intention.