[Lorianne]

There is no question, however, that the advent of chemical and surgical contraception which rendered the notion of procreative sex somehow medieval has resulted in ......... reduction of woman to an object for self-gratification ......"

I don't entirely agree with your premis on this point. Girls/women (and some boys/men) have been outright held against their will and enslaved for the purpose of sexual gratificaton for eons. This still goes on in parts of the world. (In addition girls/women have been rendered economically dependent for essentially the same purposes for eons).

All this was well before modern contraceptive methods. Children of such unions were often cast aside as garbage... left to fend for themselves, sexually enslaved or enslaved as workers or simply killed if no use could be found for them.

[Cindy]

Resource Links to indepth info regarding trafficking of women and children:

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE: HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Put the word "trafficking" in the CONCERNED WOMEN FOR AMERICA's search box for articles regarding trafficking of women and children

[Askel5]

And perfectly reasonable Greeks used to pot their children ... particularly the unwanted females.

These are some pre-Christian and non-Christian realties that are about to be taken to a whole new level in what folks like to call the Post-Christian World.

It's worse than you think ... and it's true that the fish is rotting from the head.

Some Post-Christian Realities