The war on men

[Drakken]

Here in Quebec, a mother having children by more than one father is far from being abnormal, and far from being the object of gossip and social shinning as here reconstituted families are the norm more and more.

Quebec mothers having more than one child at all is a tad abnormal judging by their fertility rate.

This is changing, we are witnessing a small baby boom these last two-three years.

[Valmy]

Remember, the right to dispose of one's body and sexuality freely and without constraint?

Lol.   That is ridiculous card to play there.

[HVC]

Remember, the right to dispose of one's body and sexuality freely and without constraint?

Lol.   That is ridiculous card to play there.

Drakkan has his own personal issues

[Drakken]

Lol.   That is ridiculous card to play there.

I know. And the most ridiculous is, I have to play it on Meri who as an avowed feminist should know it is a basic right, even for *gasp* men.

[Valmy]

Lol.   That is ridiculous card to play there.

I know. And the most ridiculous is, I have to play it on Meri who as an avowed feminist should know it is a basic right, even for *gasp* men.

I don't think even the most avowed anti-feminist, who eagerly embraces values from the 17th century and before, would advocate laws requiring people get married without their consent.

[Drakken]

Drakkan has his own personal issues

I would have thought having a live-in partner in a committed relationship would have made me less jaded. 

[merithyn]

I see what you did there.

Because I see no reason to commit legally, I don't believe in marriage. I don't have to marry because she wants to, or she pressures me, or she coerces me. Remember, the right to dispose of one's body and sexuality freely and without constraint? As a feminist it should ring a bell, shouldn't it?

You can absolutely do whatever you so choose with your man bits. But it's kind of funny that you would use the terminology that you used in this thread, the way that you used it, and then say things like, "It does, as no sane man wants to commit with a slut, or a monkey brancher, or a woman that would pull her chips out and leave for the flimsiest of reasons. What I'm saying is that the negative connotation is not on the children being born out of wedlock, but their mother's lack of emotional maturity and commitment."

I'm just struggling to understand what you would consider a "slut", and whether that same expression is readily used by you for men in a similar situation.

[HVC]

Drakken, does your girlfriend know you don't plan on marrying her? Or do you brush it off by saying you two will talk about it later? If she knows then it's all good.

[HVC]

Drakkan has his own personal issues

I would have thought having a live-in partner in a committed relationship would have made me less jaded. 

You thought wrong

[Valmy]

Drakken, does your girlfriend know you don't plan on marrying her? Or do you brush it off by saying you two will talk about it later? If she knows then it's all good.

Make sure you mention you would but you owe it to your human rights.

[Valmy]

Drakkan has his own personal issues

I would have thought having a live-in partner in a committed relationship would have made me less jaded. 

Yeah the only thing that seems to change dudes are kids and even then not immediately.

[Drakken]

Drakken, does your girlfriend know you don't plan on marrying her? Or do you brush it off by saying you two will talk about it later? If she knows then it's all good.

She knows. It would hard for her not to know and go la-la-la. I told her point blank with no mincing words, at several occasions, and I added that her pressuring me and harassing me with it made me very uncomfortable.

[HVC]

Drakken, does your girlfriend know you don't plan on marrying her? Or do you brush it off by saying you two will talk about it later? If she knows then it's all good.

She knows it would hard for her not to know and go la-la-la. I told her point blank with no mincing words, at several occasions.

Obviously she's going la-la-la if she keeps asking . But that's her own problem.

[Valmy]

I told her point blank with no mincing words, at several occasions.

Good man.

[crazy canuck]

Make love not war