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> Someone can father a child and then disappear without too many consequences Can’t mothers do the same? (Once the child is born, obviously.)
by kgwgk 7y ago
> Someone can father a child and then disappear without too many consequences
Can’t mothers do the same? (Once the child is born, obviously.)
- belorn 7y agoNaturally they can but as a society we don't like to talk about it. It a bit like men who don't want to work to support themselves and others. Anyone at the bottom of the social hierarchy is culturally ignored and abandoning a child as a mother is not a winning strategy for social status.
- a-saleh 7y agoYou could consider the "Can run before the child is born" quite an advantage when trying to get rid of the responsibility of being a parent.
- kgwgk 7y agoThe man can run away but cannot really eliminate the legal responsibility. The woman, however, can do it before and (unless there is opposition from the father) after the birth.
- a-saleh 7y agoBefore the birth? Within limits, yes, isn't that the whole reason for having abortion legal? After the birth, I am not sure how would that work.
- a-saleh 7y agoOk, just remembered baby-boxes exist :)
- kgwgk 7y agoThe point is that a woman can abort, a man cannot kill the unborn baby under any circumstances nor renege of it. And giving babies for adoption is a thing, and not just in an anonymous “drop it somewhere where they will take care of it” sense.