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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But let's continue to act like abortion services is about evil slutty women... Our society makes no sense. Two parent households are better, but we're going to force you have this baby and become a single mother (leaving the father off the hook entirely as we continue to deride single mothers as the problem) and then we're going to shame you for it by conducting a study that says you've done parenthood all wrong, when you may not have wanted to do it at all. [/quote]

In other words Americans are hypocritical schizophrenics who have no idea what they want, what they value, or how to better their lives. Which, in turn, makes them very susceptible to all sorts of con men/women.

News at 11.[/quote]

I mean I think some of us do recognize what is beneficial for society and that is to get married before having sex and then any subsequent babies will be raised in a two-parent household, which yields statistically stinger outcomes for all children across all metrics.
But, since this viewpoint has been dismissed long ago as antiquated and unrealistic, despite its societal benefits, we reap what we sow. [/quote]

And worse outcomes for women...but sure, lets gloss over that part. SHHHHH. Your obsession with marriage versus looking at other ways to stabilize children's lives is bordering on insanity. You keep pushing this rhetoric of marriage, marriage, marriage. We can look back and see what happened to women, children, and babies when marriage was imposed by societal pressure.

I would be interested to know[b] if you believe- honestly- that a two parent household of the same gsex[/b] has the same outcomes as opposite sex couples and if you are also supportive of two parent same-sex households adopting? [/quote]

I’ll take you at your word that you’re interested to know what I believe, but what I believe is not the point. There is actual data to show that children raised in a two-parent family regardless of whether it is a same sex couple of opposite sex couple have stronger outcomes across all metrics (financial, academic, socioemotional) than those raised in one-parent or Divo r es households. The true holds for widowed households.
This isn’t a bias. It’s just a fact.
And it didn’t mean there aren’t reasons for not having a two parent household that are sometimes beyond the parents control —but it doesn’t change the fact that it’s beneficial for the child.
Also the “detrimental to women” narrative is false. Married women report being happier in far higher numbers than unmarried women. They are also better off financiallly.
The only metric where they suffer is lifespan. Women who are single tend to outlive married women by about 3-5 years. But anecdotally I guess one can argue the merits of dying lonely and sad at 93 vs happy and fulfilled at 87?[/quote]

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