Re: Unexpected/unwanted pregnancies: what should guys' responsibility
How many women do you think have been impregnanted in the past, often against her will, and deserted by the man? Genetic testing has been available for less than 25 years, before that nature was very much against a woman being able to get any support from the father of her child if he denied parentage.
Even since it has become available some women still have been unable to get much out of a man (like in teacake's case, and my own case). Women, on the whole have always contributed heavily to the child's upkeep, more when she is outside of a marriage.
In my own case, a month after my marriage broke up, my now ex-husband gave me $5 to buy my middle child a present when that child was in hospital and never received another penny off of him. I only laid eyes on my husband once after that. My youngest son was about 18 months old when this happened, so I looked after him for another 16.5 years of childhood. UIf I had those children today, under current Australia law, I would be ble to take about 30% of his income for three children (maybe less because he had 2 children from an earlier marriage. If he had them to support I would get less).
My husband wanted him aborted. I refused. My husband bashed and kicked me when I refused trying to make me have a miscarriage. According to you my rights were so much superior to his. Poor, poor guy I was a nasty woman who made him have a child against his will.
How many women do you think have been impregnanted in the past, often against her will, and deserted by the man? Genetic testing has been available for less than 25 years, before that nature was very much against a woman being able to get any support from the father of her child if he denied parentage.
Even since it has become available some women still have been unable to get much out of a man (like in teacake's case, and my own case). Women, on the whole have always contributed heavily to the child's upkeep, more when she is outside of a marriage.
In my own case, a month after my marriage broke up, my now ex-husband gave me $5 to buy my middle child a present when that child was in hospital and never received another penny off of him. I only laid eyes on my husband once after that. My youngest son was about 18 months old when this happened, so I looked after him for another 16.5 years of childhood. UIf I had those children today, under current Australia law, I would be ble to take about 30% of his income for three children (maybe less because he had 2 children from an earlier marriage. If he had them to support I would get less).
My husband wanted him aborted. I refused. My husband bashed and kicked me when I refused trying to make me have a miscarriage. According to you my rights were so much superior to his. Poor, poor guy I was a nasty woman who made him have a child against his will.
awww nostalgia. I was born between 30 and 50 years ago. I lived in a nice perfect suburban world where no one's parents were divorced and our mom's all were housewives. Me and my friends used to sit around and compare how many months there were between when our parents got married and they had their first child. Rarely were there 9 months. My grandfather used to have a saying, 'the first child can come any time, after that they all seem to take 9 months'
