A spinoff discussinon : Birth Control Responsibilty

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because nature is brutal and when you bear 99% of the liability of an event, you better be the one with the insurance policy.

+1.

[Anonymous]

As long as women get 100% control over aborting a baby, they will be 100% responsible for birth control. My body, my choice. Except when it's not. Am I right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Follow up question what would you or what have taught your sons regarding birth control?

Everyone is responsible for themselves. The only non surgical choice for men is condoms, so I tell my teen boys to ALWAYS use them.

Similarly, women should be responsible for their birth control as well.

[Anonymous]

Woman here.

It is my responsibility because I bear the child. Responsible men also think the same way (ie it is their responsibility because they will be responsible for a child that they help make). Boys cede responsibility and leave it to the women, taking no responsibility.

I never used BCP because of hormonal side effects and the propensity to breast cancer in my family. Always used condoms. Never had a guy that i was serious with complain. They were all men, not boys.

[Anonymous]

Honestly I don’t think it is mine? I’ve never taken hormonal BC. We use condoms/pull out.

[Anonymous]

So basically women should and do accept all responsiblity for birth control because they get pregant.

We should not expect men to participate in this because they don't like condoms, and are irresponsible.

We should not demand oral or injectable contraceptives be developed and used for men because they probably wouldn't take them properly.

Wanting men to take responsibility is antifeminist.

The only feminist option is to assume all responsibility for birth control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because nature is brutal and when you bear 99% of the liability of an event, you better be the one with the insurance policy.

So we have been conditioned to believe.

We can't expect men to be responsible.

We must responsible for ourselves and them.

We are foolish to expect a man to do XYZ

The most important thing is to have a husband, and not inconvenience him in any way so he doesn't cheat on us

This is how we prove our independence and true feminism.

What do you mean, conditioned to believe? That women bear children and all the risks of pregnancy and childbirth is a fact, not an opinion. Men don't die in childbirth.

Btw, no one has to prove "our independence and true feminism", one just has to have a way to avoid a pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

In my 20s mostly every guy I dated came prepared with condoms. There was a couple of guys that I cut off because they didn’t want to use one. I started birth control pills because I got into a serious relationship and I knew I didn’t want a child. It was my insurance policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is birth control seen as a women's responsibility primarily?

Well duh it’s because women are the ones that get pregnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is birth control seen as a women's responsibility primarily?

A male contraceptive pill is in development, men would you be willing to take it?

Seen by whom? You? I know a lot of couples, including us, who are both responsible for birth control (in different ways). I think it depends on your upbringing and education level (the expectation for a man).

[Anonymous]

Why would you leave your reproductive rights to a man? Some of you are married to men who can’t even watch one kid properly, or be bothered to wash his own coffee mug.

Be responsible for your own reproduction. This is what I teach teenagers, this is what I will teach you.

Bring your own condom, back it up with secondary birth control.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is birth control seen as a women's responsibility primarily?

Well duh it’s because women are the ones that get pregnant.

They don't impregnate themselves. But the consensus is women get pregnant so they should be primarily responsible for birth control and men shouldn't be responsible for anything because they are men. Sad, but I didn't expect different attitudes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you leave your reproductive rights to a man? Some of you are married to men who can’t even watch one kid properly, or be bothered to wash his own coffee mug.

Be responsible for your own reproduction. This is what I teach teenagers, this is what I will teach you.

Bring your own condom, back it up with secondary birth control.

I wouldn't marry or have sex with a man I didn't trust to be responsible to be an adult.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you leave your reproductive rights to a man? Some of you are married to men who can’t even watch one kid properly, or be bothered to wash his own coffee mug.

Be responsible for your own reproduction. This is what I teach teenagers, this is what I will teach you.

Bring your own condom, back it up with secondary birth control.

I wouldn't marry or have sex with a man I didn't trust to be responsible to be an adult.

Whole heartedly agree, but if you scroll through this forum, that’s not the case. Grown adults talking about the pull out method, and having surprise pregnancies. SMH.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Follow up question what would you or what have taught your sons regarding birth control?

Use it. It's the responsibility of both.