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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please explain how thos makes sense in a way other than men trying to control women's bodies.[/quote]

When sex is inextricably linked to the possibility of procreation, the full power of a woman is present.  Think of it this way:  if a man walks up to a woman in a bar and says, "I want to have sex with you," that is one thing.  If a man walks up to a woman in a bar and says, "I want to have a baby with you," that is something entirely different.  Because making love and possibly creating a new life is heavy.  It requires commitment, fidelity, vulnerability, trust, patience, courage, and mutual respect.  The woman is not an object to be used, but a whole person.
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This presumes that sex is something men want and women dispense.  And without protection, men can only have sex with women if they are willing to live with the consequence o pregnancy.  So the threat of a baby is the "power" held by women.  Otherwise she is an object.

Women also want to have sex, and sometimes without having a kid.  A baby should not be a tool to secure commitment, respect, patience etc.  Nor in practice does it seem to effectively guarantee those qualities, as demonstrated by the many bad marriages involving children.

There are other ways to get commitment and respect.[/quote]

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