I have no opinion on abortion.
I do, however, have an opinion about other men's opinions on abortion.
My opinion is that men don't belong having an opinion on abortion.
First, let me clarify.
I believe a man should have a right to at least participate in a discussion if a woman may be pregnant with his child and wants to terminate the pregnancy.
Aside from that, I get very agitated when I see men on television talking about women and women's bodies and what should be done with them.
As a man, I will never be in the predictament of being pregnant (at least not until science takes some very strange leaps forward).
I will never know the anxiety or fear that comes from an unplanned pregnancy.
I will never be sexually assaulted and then have to think about whether or not I should keep the child.
There are a variety of situations I will never be in because I am a man, and therefore, for me to tell a woman what she should do in those situations would be beyond hypocritical.
Some men feel they have a right to voice their opinions because their religion tells them they must. I usually take the opportunity to remind those men that their religion was formed and run by men for a very long time--thereby discrediting it in this debate.
Truthfully, I would say if I had to pick a side, I would go pro-choice. No big shock there, I am a liberal after all.
Although I believe another reason I feel that way is because pro-choice is not pro-abortion. It is what it says it is--choice. Pro-life isn't about options, it's about institutionalized religion dressed up as morality.
(Boy, I can't wait to see how many comments I get for that little nugget.)
There's an additional side to my belief that may be even more unpopular. I know other fellow gay men who have engaged in some incredibly risky behavior involving sexual practices. Suffice it to say, if these men were women they'd either be on their eighth abortion or have a lot of kids running around their apartments. I've heard some of these same men talk about being pro-life. Well, how convenient for them.
I think that's the word that best describes why I feel that as a man I'm not entitled to an opinion on abortion: It would just seem too...
Convenient.
I do, however, have an opinion about other men's opinions on abortion.
My opinion is that men don't belong having an opinion on abortion.
First, let me clarify.
I believe a man should have a right to at least participate in a discussion if a woman may be pregnant with his child and wants to terminate the pregnancy.
Aside from that, I get very agitated when I see men on television talking about women and women's bodies and what should be done with them.
As a man, I will never be in the predictament of being pregnant (at least not until science takes some very strange leaps forward).
I will never know the anxiety or fear that comes from an unplanned pregnancy.
I will never be sexually assaulted and then have to think about whether or not I should keep the child.
There are a variety of situations I will never be in because I am a man, and therefore, for me to tell a woman what she should do in those situations would be beyond hypocritical.
Some men feel they have a right to voice their opinions because their religion tells them they must. I usually take the opportunity to remind those men that their religion was formed and run by men for a very long time--thereby discrediting it in this debate.
Truthfully, I would say if I had to pick a side, I would go pro-choice. No big shock there, I am a liberal after all.
Although I believe another reason I feel that way is because pro-choice is not pro-abortion. It is what it says it is--choice. Pro-life isn't about options, it's about institutionalized religion dressed up as morality.
(Boy, I can't wait to see how many comments I get for that little nugget.)
There's an additional side to my belief that may be even more unpopular. I know other fellow gay men who have engaged in some incredibly risky behavior involving sexual practices. Suffice it to say, if these men were women they'd either be on their eighth abortion or have a lot of kids running around their apartments. I've heard some of these same men talk about being pro-life. Well, how convenient for them.
I think that's the word that best describes why I feel that as a man I'm not entitled to an opinion on abortion: It would just seem too...
Convenient.
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