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Posted by arkansasmediawatch]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:14:32 -0600 Arkansas Times
Amber that said she thought her baby daddy was a good father but he didn't want to marry her. And her birth control failed (allegedly) so of course it's not her fault she's got two from two different men. She tends bar which is a major turn off anyway since those women are more likely to cheat. And who wants to marry a girl with two kids each from different dads? Only a chump. [Gyli?]

Another part of the article talked about how women don't need men to raise kids anyway and gave an example (Teresa.) She doesn't even want a man to help her. Good thing too since she also tends bar so move along guys nothing to see here.

Then the last example (Brittany) said something about one father didn't help and ran off with her BFF. Maybe she got fat or cheated on him first or is just a giant bitch. Maybe she had the option to have a relationship with a good father material man and wanted to do the bad boy outlaw biker instead and is now getting what she deserves. You don't know any of that.

Funny how the meme is that women just magically had a kid (did the stork deliver it?) and those low down dirty sperm doners won't take care of it. She made a bunch of decisions that led to that point which don't get covered. No one told her to have sex with that (alledgedly) poor, infantile father. Anyone who's ever been a part of under-30 female decision-making knows there is as much if not more to be desired as there is in the male version.
Posted by West Little Rock]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 08:38:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
Says a lot about the men, doesn't it. Of course, the right wingers all spend their time talking about the women, over and over and over again, and ignore the men and their part in it. The women are always blamed for everything, as usual.
Posted by rablib]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:39:52 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Bluesyoucanuse]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:33:48 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Ron Rizzardi]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:00:34 -0600 Arkansas Times
Yes, but they aren't the ones having the babies and the main reason for not getting married are F & F (family and finances).


Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:51:39 -0600 Arkansas Times
Unless your undisclosed Lothario raped some women then it took two to tango.

As Max has noted on AT pages before more females have been born than males. College age females out number the males. It's a big determinant in availability, intra species competition, etc.

100 women and one male make for 100 births.
100 males and one woman makes for 1 birth.

Wanna know where co-hab is growing fast? Try the 65 yr-old plus generation.
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:47:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:46:36 -0600 Arkansas Times But for the most part, the "Oh, dear" stories just brush lightly over the issue of unmarried fathers.
Sure, every now and then, we hear about the never married man who has fathered nine children with six women. And there are the countless other males who, uh, spread themselves thin with impunity. I know a young man who fathered one baby while still in school and another, with another young woman, less than a year later. Now there's another pregnant young woman in the picture and this fellow is sooo proud.
I suspect this will set up howls, but I think our Lothario should have a little snipping done, even if he did just turn 20.
Okay, maybe the ladies too, just to be fair. Two or three strikes and you're out? Yeah, yeah, I know, sounds a little too Chinese, doesn't it?
Posted by Doigotta]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:32:37 -0600 Arkansas Times
This has nothing to do with morality -- our ridiculous healthcare "system" gave them little choice.
Posted by Polecat]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:52:45 -0600 Arkansas Times
Hell no I ain't wearing no condom, woman. I'm a man and your employer and I will decide if and when you get fertilized.

Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:47:18 -0600 Arkansas Times
As far as I can tell, Gyli's never even heard of Freakonomics let alone read it.
Posted by West Little Rock]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:12:39 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SHolmes]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:00:37 -0600 Arkansas Times
The American obsession with who is and who isn't married is anachronistic, to say the least. A good read, for those interested in facts, is The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (Andrew J. Cherlin). What he finds is that there is little connection between family stability and marriage. American marriages break up at higher rates than unmarried couples in Sweden (Godless! Socialism!), and Americans remarry at high rates. Maybe, just maybe, there's something to be said for social and economic stability?

Teenage birth rates in America are falling by the way. They are still three to four times higher than they are in Godless, immoral places like Sweden, Canada and France but they are steadily falling. As Krugman (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/opinion/…) has aptly pointed out, that is further proof for the right-wing theory that moral decay is causing economic depression. Oh wait.
Posted by arkansasmediawatch]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:13:56 -0600 Arkansas Times
If an action that is legal makes an individual more money, by definition it is the best choice for society, correct?
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:01:37 -0600 Arkansas Times
Not everything is about the uterus. That is shocking, I know. Regardless of the success or failure of particular methods of not becoming pregnant, there is always the option of a post conception shotgun wedding. That isn't happening as much as it used to. Why and what are its consequences are really interesting questions.
Posted by Gylippus]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:54:13 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by SHolmes]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:44:08 -0600 Arkansas Times
Women's lib ruined marriage first. Gay marriage just ruined it forever and for all time.

Secondly, Gyli your entire post is laughable. I assume you're just talking about the tax code. You better get that sh*t straighten out of you're headed straight for chumpsville.

BROTIP: A man without a woman and kids dipping into his pocket is far better off financially than one with, ceteras parabas.

Posted by West Little Rock]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:42:24 -0600 Arkansas Times
There's no longer any sense of the greater good or a duty to future generations. It's all about immediate gratification and expecting God to bail you out of your ignorance.

45% of babies born out of wedlock just another result of teaching kids that their individual freedom is the most important thing on earth.
Posted by I_AM_THE_NRA]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:00:40 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by bugeyedlittlefreak]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:51:23 -0600 Arkansas Times http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2012/0…
Posted by Gylippus]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:35:10 -0600 Arkansas Times
I see no one shocked at the outcome of Repub-evangelical ignorance. It was as predictable as the sunrise.

Ask Sarah and Todd. Hindsight is always 20-20.

"...easy condoms and pills."

Apparently not very easy and not too often as the numbers reveal.
Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:18:40 -0600 Arkansas Times
And how's that "abstinance only" program working-if it was a "liberal"
program, ReTHUGlicans would be lining up throwing rocks at the failure! Of course, since it is THEIR program, it is a success even with its 40% failuire rate.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:18:12 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by November]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:58:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:56:28 -0600 Arkansas Times