Yeah, it's not like he bought the wrong brand of peanut butter at the store. This was not a mere mistake but a major betrayal, and a deliberate one at that. (posted to Help me: my feminist boyfriend paid for a 'happy ending')
Of course you will at some point encounter someone who insists that we DO have equal rights. What they need to be reminded of is that social attitudes still have a lot of influence and haven't completely caught up to (posted to "Yes, I'm a feminist...")
You shouldn't apologize for the kind of person you are, and I'm glad to hear you say you do not. However, I am aware that having a hyperfeminie appearance and being considered attractive 'allows' me to directly state my opinions (posted to "Yes, I'm a feminist...")
It's also possible that whenever anything, no matter how well intentioned, gets taken to an extreme it can become synonymous with a 'gotcha!' mentality that pretty much makes a villian out of anyone at some time or another. It's not (posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
I agree with you there. The father ought to be ashamed of himself..IF he had not already given up his parental rights. Some absentee fathers were men who didn't want anything to do with the baby long before it was (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
I am and becoming a mother is why I do not serve in the Air Force as was my original plan for myself in life. My father was a Marine so I knew what having a child could mean and (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
Because the view is that the single father had no say in whether or not the child would be aborted or (by omission of conception) be placed for adoption. So pretty much, a single father is a hero because he (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
I don't need a lesson on my military history. Thanks. I'll go to the old folks' home if I want first-hand accounts. And pray tell, just what the hell do you know about the military? Let's not feed into pro-war (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
Actually it's pretty easy to get birth control. I've been offered it several times without even asking. I've never heard of any female soldier having problems obtaining BC except during basic training. Mirena was quite popular among the women at (posted to Soldier arrested for choosing her son over deployment)
