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Or if they did, they didn't pay attention. Ever.

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"No pleasuring any people," I think you meant to say.

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I thought those child bearers were supposed to be back in the fields the next day. Was I misinformed?

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But -- did he die with a smile on his face? I mean, 74 -- I'm not going to make it to 74 (and if I do, I suspect some part of me will wish I hadn't).

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Same for Medicare, iirc

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Also: I don't enjoy paying THEIR FUCKING SALARIES, either, but THAT'S HOW A FUCKING COUNTRY WORKS

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I suppose they don't need birth control when they are banging underage boys.

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According to my sister he was a Quantity man rather than a Quality man, so maybe it was.

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If you look at my reply to another reply, he probably did, because he liked to have sex every single day and wouldn't not have enjoyed life without it. However, he is greatly missed by his children, so he was being selfish.

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also fewer unwanted children mean hopefully fewer children abused. My mother never wanted to have any children and had 4 (pre Roe v Wade, pre birth control) As the oldest I got beaten whenever she thought of that fact. It was all my fault. Also a couple of us were conceived out of wedlock.

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They're men. They think all they need to do is show up, get a boner and stick it in. Other than that it's the woman's responsibility for absolutely everything.

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ding ding ding we have a winner

It's all about control of women. If they cared about fetuses they'd want to support pre-natal care.

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Clearly, if a man wants to deny women birth control somebody did not use it correctly (or at all).

It's a lot like this .

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One of the archbishops during the original ACA debate (one of the nutters, can't remember which one) said that Catholic employers would burn in hell forever if they offered contraceptive coverage, and anyway no one really needs it because unmarried hos shouldn't be having sex and married women "may practice periodic abstinence."

Why no demand to the married men in his congregation that they should practice periodic abstinence? Because they would have lol'd his ass off the throne. Because that is somehow saying a different thing.

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To be fair, the question asks if the man has benefited personally from any woman IN HIS LIFE having access to affordable bc. So it's not really fair to say they are not thinking of all the poors if they have been careful not to include any in their life.

Still pretty dumb tho. I'm guessing many respondents read "in your life" to mean fuckbuddy. But your mom is a woman in your life. I you didn't grow up in Dugger hell, you might have bc to thank. If you have a daughter she is also a woman in your life. If you haven't had to take time off work to drive her 100s of miles to the last abortion clinic, you might have bc to thank.

Or, maybe the problem is the words "access" and "affordable." Maybe the guys hear women complaining all the time about how expensive bc is and how hard it is to get, so they are just being honest because you can't benefit from something that doesn't exist.

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