tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29634922.post76080493792069507..comments2023-08-09T01:57:44.398-06:00Comments on Northern Subverbia: Maybe "Open Season for Man-Blaming" is finally ending...Ronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12511808062334334190noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29634922.post-87216734870504174532008-02-09T14:02:00.000-07:002008-02-09T14:02:00.000-07:00Men obviously ought not to be able to control wome...Men obviously ought not to be able to control women--and women obviously ought not to be able to control men--and your point about the state claiming responsibility for "women and children" is a good one.<BR/><BR/>There are victims all over the place and a lot of it boils down to a failure to legally recognize one truism: "in the absence of a demonstrable contract, there is *no* contract", and the mere existence of a sexual relationship implies (or ought to imply) no contract at all.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12511808062334334190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29634922.post-64040447798905015742008-02-09T09:41:00.000-07:002008-02-09T09:41:00.000-07:00Very good insights, similar to what we discussed a...Very good insights, similar to what we discussed at my place.<BR/><BR/>I suspect historically, male reproductive rights are really a hold over from the days when women didn't "work" and "required" a man to support them - usually required by men in power who were genuinely misogynist and sexist. Its not reproductive rights at all - its some men trying to maintain coercive control over women and, in general, the state trying to claim responsibility for "women and children" and not have to actually pay for it.<BR/><BR/>In the end, both women AND men are victimized.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941875334878452635noreply@blogger.com