MCP wrote:
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,145948,00.html
>
>
>   Deal Made to Produce Male Birth Control Pill
> This is tremendous.
>
> Deal Made to Produce Male Birth Control Pill
>
> I think it is often underestimated within the men's movement as to
what the
> production of a non-intrusive form of male birth control would do to
advance
> the reproductive freedom of men; and it is also underestimated, as
this gets
> closer to reality, how opposition to this is going to mount from
feminist
> groups despite talk about "It's about time men took the burden on."
>
> First: Gone will be the accidentally-on-purpose "Ooopses." This will
make
> entrapment pregnancies and paternity fraud things only perpetuated on
> terminally stupid men.
>
> I'm not saying that even that is right, but let's be honest. Stupid
is
> stupid. One of our goals has been to get rid of one-sided
pseudo-chivalry;
> this means we must change attitudes and no longer give anything but
scorn to
> those who practice such "stiff-upper-lip and suck it up" to
"do the
right
> thing" false machismo.
>
> The ball, then, will be in our court to educate ourselves and our
sons to
> take this on and prevent being sucked into marriage and/or fatherhood
before
> we are ready, or to be nailed with a lifetime of support for a
one-night
> stand. While a hundred percent of eligible males (who choose not to
be
> fathers) taking such a thing would be nice, numbers in excess of 60%
will
> make fishing for a rich daddy no longer practical.
>
> Up till now, gents, birth control has largely been a thing of
trusting the
> female to do, and while not each woman is a scheming and conniving
bitch,
> we've all seen and known the "I hate condoms, I'm on the pill, don't
put
> that on, YOU DON'T TRUST ME! (Insert tearful scene here.)" With Male
Birth
> control, especially of the non-intrusive sort, there is a "trust but
verify"
> scenario, and a requirement to be negotionated with, on equal terms,
for
> parenthood.
>
> It's the latter that is going to drive the feminazis absolutely
insane with
> rage. The last thing in the world they will want is to be forced to
treat
> with a man as an equal, especially with the Mommy Industry being so
> lucrative. All of these professional incubators who live on welfare
and
> child support may well be forced to find real jobs and stop being
> parasites - or become real women, and actually have to give to get.
>
> Expect claims of sexism. Expect, especially in the minority
community,
> whispers that such things cause irreversible damage. Expect demands
for more
> testing so as to drive up the price of it. Expect opposition to
approval.
> Expect "Spousal Notification" laws. Expect pooh-poohing. Expect
character
> assassination of men who take it.
>
> Even more - how much do you want to bet that the first time some
wanna-be
> rich trollop sleeps with a sports star, turns up pregnant, and finds
out
> he's on the male pill, disputes parentage, and has his refutation
borne out
> by DNA that there will be some kind of lawsuit if he failed to inform
her so
> she could make an "advised choice" (or worse, a claim of rape because
"I'd
> have never slept with him if I knew he couldn't get me pregnant") or
> something along those lines.
>
> You watch, and you heard it here first. Feminists will soon begin the
mantra
> about how it violates the rights of women to choose to be a mother. I
know I
> have already heard it.
>
>
> --
> Men are everywhere that matters!

More men taking responsibility for their own genes?

This feminist thinks it's a lovely idea, and about time, too.

Go on all you like about "oopsing" women, if any man is surprised with
paternity, it's his own fault.



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