08-09-2016, 12:56 PM
(08-09-2016, 12:14 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Patriarchal refers to giving men superior power. Allowing a man to abandon his children and placing all of the burden on women is the most patriarchal thing that a society could possibly do.
Holding BOTH parents equally responsible does not elevate either above the other. There is nothing patriarchal about that. In fact it forces the mother to be financially responsible if the father is the custodial parent.
How could anything that treats men and women equally be called patriarchal?
It seems you don't understand feminist philosophy. The idea that the father needs to be a part of the child's life, financially or otherwise, is an assumption that the mother cannot do it on her own. I've laid this out before.
(08-09-2016, 12:17 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Details please.
Are you suggesting that no sex take place without a contract in place first?
We have problems making kids use birth control and you think they are going to sign contracts before they have sex?
No, not before sex. Upon revelation of the pregnancy.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
