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I am failing to find it, but this same basic story was posted in recent weeks. Perhaps just as well. A tldr of my comments there: Eh, some inmates might feel "Y

by Mz 9y ago

I am failing to find it, but this same basic story was posted in recent weeks. Perhaps just as well. A tldr of my comments there: Eh, some inmates might feel "You are going to reduce my sentence AND give me free birth control? What's the catch?" As this article says, he may be going about it the wrong way, but he probably is trying to do something good. The Deep South (where I was born and raised) seems to generally be even worse than the rest of America about certain things. I can see him being willing to take the blame so some young woman can stop being a baby factory and blame it on him, thereby getting relatives and church members off her back.

Buge 9y ago
Is it common for inmates to have relatives and church members on their back about not having children? It seems there is a more serious situation that the relatives and church members would be on their back about.
- Mz 9y ago
  I have read that sexual activity among teens in Europe and the US is about the same, but teen pregnancy rates are higher in the US due to reluctance to use birth or less ability to access birth control. Girls who take the pill in the US are "sluts" because they planned it. Girls who are swept away with emotion are in the clear morally because it is "love." The US also has a lot of hangups about abortion and barriers to accessing it. There are social settings where "good girls": A) Do not use birth control, especially if they are unmarried. B) Serve the sexual needs of their man. C) Do not get abortions because it is baby murder. Etc. Ad nauseum. It is a recipe for disaster for the girl and there is no socially acceptable escape from it -- unless some " asshole" male authority figure kindly gives you an out where you can say "Look, ma, I took the deal to come home to my kid 30 days early. I am trying to be a good parent here. Not my fault the judge is an asshole." Good authority figures accept that doing the right thing means taking the blame for it when people don't like it. It is part of the job. (Edit: some stats may be out of date because I am an old woman. The general principle still applies.)

by Mz 9y ago

Buge 9y ago

Is it common for inmates to have relatives and church members on their back about not having children? It seems there is a more serious situation that the relatives and church members would be on their back about.

Mz 9y ago
I have read that sexual activity among teens in Europe and the US is about the same, but teen pregnancy rates are higher in the US due to reluctance to use birth or less ability to access birth control. Girls who take the pill in the US are "sluts" because they planned it. Girls who are swept away with emotion are in the clear morally because it is "love." The US also has a lot of hangups about abortion and barriers to accessing it. There are social settings where "good girls": A) Do not use birth control, especially if they are unmarried. B) Serve the sexual needs of their man. C) Do not get abortions because it is baby murder. Etc. Ad nauseum. It is a recipe for disaster for the girl and there is no socially acceptable escape from it -- unless some " asshole" male authority figure kindly gives you an out where you can say "Look, ma, I took the deal to come home to my kid 30 days early. I am trying to be a good parent here. Not my fault the judge is an asshole." Good authority figures accept that doing the right thing means taking the blame for it when people don't like it. It is part of the job. (Edit: some stats may be out of date because I am an old woman. The general principle still applies.)