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> nobody goes into it wanting to go it alone I think this is missing the point of the controversy. The argument at the time was that it was fine for women to c
by svggrfgovgf 3y ago
> nobody goes into it wanting to go it alone
I think this is missing the point of the controversy. The argument at the time was that it was fine for women to chose to have a child without being married. It was not about "couples should stay together for the sake of the children".
The whole point of the TV show was "Murphy Brown was divorced, and then she decided it was fine to have a child." That is, if a single women wanted to have a child, she should. There was no need for her to first establish a working marriage first.
- kibwen 3y ago> The whole point of the TV show was "Murphy Brown was divorced, and then she decided it was fine to have a child." Here's how the Wikipedia plot synopsis describes it: "In the show's 1991–92 season, Murphy became pregnant. When her baby's father (ex-husband and current underground radical Jake Lowenstein) expressed his unwillingness to give up his own lifestyle to be a parent, Murphy chose to have the child and raise it alone." If you were to see a real-life woman in the same circumstance, what would you advise that she do instead? And why are we blaming the mother for the problem of deadbeat fathers?