Ta, Robyn. I'm glad you plumb the depths of the sewers of the manosphere so I never have to go there. I decided right before puberty that I was never going to have a child; if I really wanted to raise one (no!), I'd adopt. I was conscientious about birth control and never pregnant. This is a small planet, and I suspect it might have reached its carrying capacity for humans centuries ago.
Anyone else note how Peggy Nance went from "to some extent" to "Heavy pornography consumption" in less than a heartbeat? Does Peggy not know that many women also consume pornography "to some extent"?
Such good writing, Robyn. You set it up and make the case. You are always a pleasure to read, even when the subject would otherwise make me want to smash things.
Funny how CWA is run by a woman, who claims women should stay home. Why isn’t it run by a man? Next, I’m betting Usha stopped taking her birth control to keep JD in line with as close as he was getting to Erika “I’m trash” Kirk. Knocks down his chances for president.
if it was easier/safer/financially possible to have more kids, then those that wanted to would - it's not hard people! (and when i say easier and safer i'm talking about not going bankrupt to have a baby and being able to access health care that doesn't rely on politics or religion to decide if they can treat you)
Weird that the solution to increasing the birth rate is the same as decreasing the number of abortions. Weird that conservatives aren't willing to put their money where their mouths are.
Hey how about the big lie that you can have it all? Without something somewhere springing a leak. Full time career while having primary family responsibilities too? ( Most women's story) No support with childcare, meaningful time off, sick leave?? I'm not talking about spouses either. This country was built on women's backs.
I'll tell you what we need to do. We need to force every man with a female partner in the USA to take over his partner's duties for 6 months to see how THEY like it.
Now, it was true that married women had a lot more domestic labor to content with in the past, but today very few couples have more than 2-3 children, and we have so many labor-saving domestic appliances, and so many prepared foods, and people eat out so often, that being a "housewife" doesn't consume as much time as it did in The Before Times. It used to take my grandmother 3 days just to do the laundry for a family of 10, and if she wanted to serve fried chicken for Sunday dinner, she had to kill the chicken first, then pluck it, then gut it, then cook it. If she wanted vegetables, she had to grow them in her garden, then can the surplus for winter meals. She made all the clothes for her 8 children.
It should be mandatory to have a “No Girls Allowed” sign with every Cyber Truck purchase 😂
Project 2025
Brilliant, Robyn, from beginning to end.
As I've been saying for years: Misogynists be crazy.
(They project their insanity onto their scapegoats.)
Ta, Robyn. I'm glad you plumb the depths of the sewers of the manosphere so I never have to go there. I decided right before puberty that I was never going to have a child; if I really wanted to raise one (no!), I'd adopt. I was conscientious about birth control and never pregnant. This is a small planet, and I suspect it might have reached its carrying capacity for humans centuries ago.
"A woman’s decision to have children is often seen as a personal lifestyle choice. However...."
>weird when it's women fighting for their own oppression
𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑎 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑝 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 2024 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 78% 𝑜𝑓 𝑈.𝑆. 𝑚𝑒𝑛 (𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑠 13–65) 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝ℎ𝑦 “𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡.”
Those scare quotes are sure doing some heavy lifting. We all know it isn't the amount consumed.
The pron. One vid's too many, and a hundred's not enough.
Anyone else note how Peggy Nance went from "to some extent" to "Heavy pornography consumption" in less than a heartbeat? Does Peggy not know that many women also consume pornography "to some extent"?
Such good writing, Robyn. You set it up and make the case. You are always a pleasure to read, even when the subject would otherwise make me want to smash things.
Funny how CWA is run by a woman, who claims women should stay home. Why isn’t it run by a man? Next, I’m betting Usha stopped taking her birth control to keep JD in line with as close as he was getting to Erika “I’m trash” Kirk. Knocks down his chances for president.
if it was easier/safer/financially possible to have more kids, then those that wanted to would - it's not hard people! (and when i say easier and safer i'm talking about not going bankrupt to have a baby and being able to access health care that doesn't rely on politics or religion to decide if they can treat you)
Weird that the solution to increasing the birth rate is the same as decreasing the number of abortions. Weird that conservatives aren't willing to put their money where their mouths are.
its almost like their arguments on this point are made in bad faith
Hey how about the big lie that you can have it all? Without something somewhere springing a leak. Full time career while having primary family responsibilities too? ( Most women's story) No support with childcare, meaningful time off, sick leave?? I'm not talking about spouses either. This country was built on women's backs.
Just more nazi shit. Germay had a breeding program for the good of the fatherland too.
"Modern dating is broken..."
Just for the record, the social institution of "dating" is relatively new -- maybe 100 years or so. IIRC, it caught hold in the 1920s.
Conservatism is a hell of a drug
I'll tell you what we need to do. We need to force every man with a female partner in the USA to take over his partner's duties for 6 months to see how THEY like it.
Now, it was true that married women had a lot more domestic labor to content with in the past, but today very few couples have more than 2-3 children, and we have so many labor-saving domestic appliances, and so many prepared foods, and people eat out so often, that being a "housewife" doesn't consume as much time as it did in The Before Times. It used to take my grandmother 3 days just to do the laundry for a family of 10, and if she wanted to serve fried chicken for Sunday dinner, she had to kill the chicken first, then pluck it, then gut it, then cook it. If she wanted vegetables, she had to grow them in her garden, then can the surplus for winter meals. She made all the clothes for her 8 children.
Well we don't live that way anymore, thank god.