I had my child out of wedlock, I chose not to marry her father

[TexasWife25]

Women have the option to opt of parenting. Why shouldn't men?

Once a child is born, how do women have any options that men dont?

 

[KRCummings]

...83%

You're reading it wrong. The 83 and 17 are custodial parents overall. They don't break down those who asked for assistance by sex.

 

[77817]

Women have the option to opt of parenting. Why shouldn't men?

Maybe TexasWife is just sexist.

 

[blunt_trauma]

Well .. if 83% are women then, 17% are men.

that doesn't answer the question i asked.

what % of male single parents have trouble getting support, and what % of female single parent's do?

 

[KRCummings]

Once a child is born, how do women have any options that men dont?

A woman can drop the baby off at any fire dept, police dept or hospital. It's the law in many states. They cannot detain her or ask where the father is. They can't ask anything for that matter.

 

[Drixxx]

Once a child is born, how do women have any options that men dont?

That's like saying "once an election is held how do men have any options that women don't", when you can't vote as a woman. It's a dishonest arguement.

 

[TexasWife25]

That's like saying "once an election is held how do men have any options that women don't", when you can't vote as a woman. It's a dishonest arguement.

So you're arguing men should have a say in if a woman has an abortion?

 

[Drixxx]

A woman can drop the baby off at any fire dept, police dept or hospital. It's the law in many states. They cannot detain her or ask where the father is. They can't ask anything for that matter.

We covered this already.

 

[KRCummings]

We covered this already.

Well apparently it didn't sink in.

 

[Drixxx]

So you're arguing men should have a say in if a woman has an abortion?

God no! Are you fucking crazy! A woman's body is her own fucking business. Case closed. Next case.

 

[77817]

So you're arguing men should have a say in if a woman has an abortion?

I think he's saying if women have a window of a few months to opt out of parenthood then men should have the same right.

 

[TexasWife25]

I think he's saying if women have a window of a few months to opt out of parenthood then men should have the same right.

Women have a window to opt out of creating life, men dont get that option.

 

[77817]

Women have a window to opt out of creating life, men dont get that option.

True. But we should have the option to not pay for it.

 

[Drixxx]

Women have a window to opt out of creating life, men dont get that option.

Men have the option of clubbing a woman over the head and dragging her back to his cave by her hair. We've evolved.

 

[Redatlit]

I am, apparently the only person who thinks men shouldn't have the option to opt out of parenting.

I didnt realize I was a minority in this

I don't remember writing that I think men should have the option to opt out of parenting. I simply said, if I was the one who took his choice away and he had no interest in being in the child's life or supporting the child financially I'd not force him to do so. I'd opt out of taking his money.

 

[blunt_trauma]

I don't remember writing that I think men should have the option to opt out of parenting. I simply said, if I was the one who took his choice away and he had no interest in being in the child's life or supporting the child financially I'd not force him to do so. I'd opt out of taking his money.

and i used the words ''i'd'' and ''but that's just me''.

 

[Drixxx]

Well apparently it didn't sink in.

They had to change this law in a lot of places because people were dropping off their unruly teenagers.

 

[TexasWife25]

I don't remember writing that I think men should have the option to opt out of parenting. I simply said, if I was the one who took his choice away and he had no interest in being in the child's life or supporting the child financially I'd not force him to do so. I'd opt out of taking his money.

I personally, wouldnt either, but I dont begrudge(not saying you do) the women who struggle and need the assistance from the fathers of their children.

 

[Drixxx]

I don't remember writing that I think men should have the option to opt out of parenting. I simply said, if I was the one who took his choice away and he had no interest in being in the child's life or supporting the child financially I'd not force him to do so. I'd opt out of taking his money.

So you admit it's a good idea.

 

[Redatlit]

So you admit it's a good idea.

I admit what is a good idea?

 

[blunt_trauma]

They had to change this law in a lot of places because people were dropping off their unruly teenagers.

ahahahahahaha!

 

[Redatlit]

and i used the words ''i'd'' and ''but that's just me''.

I noticed that.

 

[Drixxx]

I personally, wouldnt either, but I dont begrudge(not saying you do) the women who struggle and need the assistance from the fathers of their children.

I do because it's an outdated way of supporting children from days when women were viewed as property and responsibity of the men who fuck them. If your interest is truly that of the child the state should pick up the tab and not waste resources on fruitless moral crusades of a bygone era. Feeding, clothing, and educating children who need it I consider tax money well spent.

 

[TexasWife25]

I do because it's an outdated way of supporting children from days when women were viewed as property and responsibity of the men who fuck them. If your interest is truly that of the child the state should pick up the tab and not waste resources on fruitless moral crusades of a bygone era. Feeding, clothing, and educating children who need it I consider tax money well spent.

I think you should make a poll, I dont know many taxpayers, myself included, who would be ok with supporting someone elses children simply because they dont want to.

 

[Drixxx]

I admit what is a good idea?

Unless you're a masochist of enjoys ruining the quality of your own life.