HappySqurriel said:
| Mr Khan said:
And how barbarously cruel would it be to deny welfare to single mothers? You're talking about the people who need it most, right there.
There should be grounds for paternal surrender, but it must depend on several factors, because whether we like it or not, pregnancy and childbirth is one place where the genders will never be equal (unless we ever move to a "Brave New World" style of total machine-birthing), and so where the double standard is valid (and pretty much the only place where the double standard is valid, as i generally share your concerns on the matter).
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When a woman has inexpensive (or free) access to birth control, the right to refuse to have sex with any man who doesn't wear a condom, the morning after pill, abortion, surrendering the child to the state (often anonymously), and open and closed adoption, how can you argue that women becomming single mothers is ground for getting welfare when they choose to become mothers.
It is in no ways barbaric to say that the abundance of options to avoid having a child that it is their responsibility to support it if they choose to have one.
It is completely unreasonable to argue that one person is the only one who has the right to make a choice and also argue that the responsibility and consequences of that choice should be shared with society.
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Because the bond of familial love is something that shouldn't be tampered with if someone chooses to embrace it? Utilitarian as i may be, love and happiness aren't something that should be trifled with, and using economic incentives against love and/or happiness is nothing short of monstrous.
