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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment
Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
Interesting...
Ah...nothing like a thread on sexual behavior to bring the prudes out of the woodwork proclaiming that any sexual activity other than the missionary position within the confines of marriage is immoral. No wonder everyone thinks all Republicans are Puritans.
Sex is our most primal urge, and it is an itch that healthy people will scratch. There is nothing wrong with consensual sexual behavior among adults. I’m glad the pill was around when I was in college. It made getting a roll in the hay much easier. There is nothing quite so boring as a bunch of nosy, self-righteous busybodies getting their grannie panties in a bunch trying to regulate the behavior of others.
You know, I think I’ll toss a couple of condoms in the glove box and go find me a woman tonight. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
We just brought our new baby girl home today!
One of the odd things was everyone kept saying “Put Mom on the pill NOW!” After all the trouble we had, I doubt that is the problem.
Tough sell. Used to be All who professed the Christian Faith believed birth control to be wrong. Very few denominations/Christians still recognize the immorality of birth control. Too bad.
So many comments, sorry if I’m repeating others...
The original author seems to imply that the pill was intended and pushed as a means to ‘let women have guilt-free, carefree sex like men’. I’m pretty sure the pill was intended to prevent pregnancy... nothing more. I’m also pretty sure that contraception should be delivered hand-in-hand with education. From my experience, people shouldn’t have sex if they’re too emotionally immature to handle it. Since they invariably do, what’s wrong with mitigating the potential harm? Better unwed 16 year old mothers? Obviously, it would be preferable if people only had sex safely, responsibly, and for healthy reasons, but we don’t live in Oz ;)
Also, the author seems to bemoan the breakdown of the traditional family. I’ve never understood why that’s such a bad thing. When I look at the people I know, I’d guess it’s about 50-50 the number of people who have had positive effects in their life from their ‘traditional’ families, with the rest experience varying amounts of horror. We’re worried about losing this? What if there’s a better way?
The author also mentions a link between the pill and increased incidences of breast cancer. That seems odd, since from memory (perhaps incorrectly), I seem to recall alot of studies showing that ‘the pill’ reduces incidences of some cancers.
Am I the only person horrified by the author’s suggestion that men should be motivated to get married to have sex, and stay married because of social pressure? Does that sound like a recipe for a happy relationship, or a happy, emotionally healthy family?\
Bleh. Last thought: throughout the article, the author keeps bringing up higher abortion rates... somehow implying that birth control is responsible. I’m missing the logic leap. Doesn’t birth control actually reduce the number of abortions? If misuse is the problem, wouldn’t education work better than abstinence training, which has been shown to be ineffective?
Thanks for letting me vent ;)