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Mister Ed

(6,644 posts)
24. Vasectomy is only one small part of this picture.
Mon Jul 4, 2022, 04:44 AM
Jul 2022

Men certainly have a fundamental duty to ensure that they make no one pregnant who doesn't wish to be. Vasectomy is one tool to help fulfill that duty, but there are others. Some of them involve forethought, self-denial, or self-restraint.

But ensuring against unwanted pregnancy is only part of the picture. Men have a duty to support women's control of their bodies in pregnancy. Not all women who contemplate ending a pregnancy have become pregnant unintentionally or unwillingly. What use or consolation is my vasectomy to those women and girls everywhere?

Beyond that, women also have a right to be free of the fear of someday having no say in a pregnancy. Men have a duty to help create a world in which women feel secure in the knowledge that they'll always be in charge of their bodies.

Women's rights regarding pregnancy are, in turn, just a small part of the overall picture. Their most basic and fundamental human rights, too numerous to mention here, seem to be perpetually threatened or endangered if not outright denied. Those rights must be strengthened, protected, and preserved.

When we answer this thread's OP by saying, "Ladies, we have your back", then we need be committing to all of the above-mentioned support, and more. Vasectomy is easy, but vasectomy doth not an ally make. We don't necessarily have to be sterile to be allies, but we must in all ways be committed to fully taking on the duties I've outlined here.

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Indeed Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #4
I solemnly swear....! I got you back. essaynnc Jul 2022 #5
thank you. barbtries Jul 2022 #6
We do, indeed! lastlib Jul 2022 #7
Indeed! I vote pro choice...nt Wounded Bear Jul 2022 #8
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Have you all got your vasectomies? nt Geechie Jul 2022 #21
Vasectomy is only one small part of this picture. Mister Ed Jul 2022 #24
No need to explain Geechie Jul 2022 #31
Bit of an authority on the subject of vasectomies Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #41
On behalf of all women of childbearing age Geechie Jul 2022 #73
I've been a bit of a screw up on a number of things in my life Rural_Progressive Jul 2022 #74
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I want to use those pregnancy trackers RainCaster Jul 2022 #22
My better-half included. As ALL the women I love. Ask one. czarjak Jul 2022 #23
I had a mother, I have a wife, a daughter and a sister. Chainfire Jul 2022 #25
Thank you. I'm glad you support us because it's the right thing to do ... Novara Jul 2022 #26
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See my post #61 below...n/t bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #62
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I am absolutely standing with them, but unfortunately.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2022 #38
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For my daughter, my wife and the women of world RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #50
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I put this thread up yesterday. bluecollar2 Jul 2022 #61
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