"Please, God. Just let this election be over"

Me and Jon Stewart.  “Please, God.  Just let this election be over.” 

All of this pure crap over abortion, rape, birth control, etc. has me so disgusted I can’t believe that at my age I can still get so enraged!!  Unfortunately for those around me, when I get in this state, my really sick sense of humor tries to bring some sort of sanity to the argument.  Usually not too successfully.

Consequently, I awoke last night thinking that all of these middle-age+ white men aren’t worried at all about abortion being ‘homicide’.  What they are really concerned about is ‘spermicide’.  Since they care not a fig about the child once it is born, nor are they ever concerned about the life of the woman or what happens to her, it is logical to assume that what they are really concerned about is whether their little sperm gets its chance to life, “as God intended”.

Bringing God into it absolves their conscience about wanting government out of business, but wanting government into the lives of women without of course asking women their opinion about these plans.  My view is, without any documentation, that men assume that for a woman to have a baby is sort of like a man having an orgasm.  Very enjoyable, with some more very enjoyable feelings after, but that’s about it.    Nothing could be further from the truth.  If the man is irresponsible, the woman is in it for the long haul of 20 years or so.  Or if something happens to the man like war, sickness or an accident, the woman, through no fault of her own, is the sole parent and/or provider.  This can happen to a responsible man, of course.  Vice-President Joe Biden is the most notable example.

And if the pregnancy is the result of rape, it is even worse.  I give great credit to women who chose to carry the baby to term.  But I can certainly not fault the women who chose to make sure this pregnancy does not occur.  Usually within the time that a normal miscarriage might occur anyway.  (See last week’s blog.)

There are so many factors involved in pregnancy for a woman that men have not a clue about, for most not because they don’t care, but it is so far from their realm of experience.  The only analogy I can think of is the difference between someone who is color blind, and someone who has an acute sense of color.  Try to explain this acute sense of color to someone who can’t experience it.

Men who insist that they are being objective and only acting on facts are delusional when it comes to pregnancy and women’s concerns about abortion, birth control and rape.  There is simply no way they can know completely, even if they sincerely want to and try hard.  There is a really simple solution to this problem, however.

Just include women in the conversation!!!