Comments on: Make girls equal! End pregnancy now! http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:22:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Erasmus http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262507 Erasmus Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:52:04 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262507 waiting until you are 35? rolfmao. Outkast, you didn't. Why don't you tell us, o philanderer, just what is the biblical thing to do? Love to hear it straight from both sides of your mouth. waiting until you are 35? rolfmao.

Outkast, you didn’t. Why don’t you tell us, o philanderer, just what is the biblical thing to do? Love to hear it straight from both sides of your mouth.

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]]> By: DC Lawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262431 DC Lawyer Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:39:03 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262431 I don't. Not if you have to wait until you are 30 or 40 as some of my unmarried friends have or would have. I don’t. Not if you have to wait until you are 30 or 40 as some of my unmarried friends have or would have.

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]]> By: outkast http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262384 outkast Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:24:54 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262384 DCL's head is in the sand. In a perfect world his theories would work, but ever since the Garden of Even this has been a fallen world. <i>Newsflash — the average age of marriage now is 27. People are not going to wait. I don’t even think its a good idea.</i> DCL: You don't think waiting for marriage to have sex is a good idea? Your last sentence is confusing. DCL’s head is in the sand. In a perfect world his theories would work, but ever since the Garden of Even this has been a fallen world.

Newsflash — the average age of marriage now is 27. People are not going to wait. I don’t even think its a good idea.

DCL: You don’t think waiting for marriage to have sex is a good idea? Your last sentence is confusing.

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]]> By: StuBob http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262340 StuBob Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:35:13 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262340 <i>The fact of the matter remains, and none of you can refute this, contraceptive education prevents pregancies. </i> That would explain why unintended pregnancy is so rare. Every single day I see pregnant teens. Not a one of them is ignorant of contraception. The fact of the matter remains, and none of you can refute this, contraceptive education prevents pregancies.

That would explain why unintended pregnancy is so rare. Every single day I see pregnant teens. Not a one of them is ignorant of contraception.

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]]> By: DC Lawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262307 DC Lawyer Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:47:34 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262307 And if you all would spend more time on your own lives instead of everyone elses, Justus, there'd be no need to call anyone anything. Cheryl, your "logic" is flawed on so many levels. The fact of the matter remains, and none of you can refute this, contraceptive education prevents pregancies. The other thing you all conflate is that we're not just talking about 14 year olds. We're talking about 17 year olds, 18-25 year olds, etc. Would you really send your kids off to college with no knowledge of contraception? Is that what you advocate? Newsflash -- the average age of marriage now is 27. People are not going to wait. I don't even think its a good idea. And if you all would spend more time on your own lives instead of everyone elses, Justus, there’d be no need to call anyone anything.

Cheryl, your “logic” is flawed on so many levels. The fact of the matter remains, and none of you can refute this, contraceptive education prevents pregancies.

The other thing you all conflate is that we’re not just talking about 14 year olds. We’re talking about 17 year olds, 18-25 year olds, etc. Would you really send your kids off to college with no knowledge of contraception? Is that what you advocate?

Newsflash — the average age of marriage now is 27. People are not going to wait. I don’t even think its a good idea.

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]]> By: Justus331 http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262214 Justus331 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:09:29 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262214 DCLAWYER #12 wrote: With all due respect, whether or not one deserves to be called “father” has to do with his actions AFTER the child is born. Not before. please refer to my post #6. If the two people involved would ABSTAIN from sex, there would be no need to call anybody "father" or "daddy"..... DCLAWYER #12 wrote: With all due respect, whether or not one deserves to be called “father” has to do with his actions AFTER the child is born. Not before.

please refer to my post #6. If the two people involved would ABSTAIN from sex, there would be no need to call anybody “father” or “daddy”…..

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262210 Cheryl D. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:53:57 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262210 DC Lawyer, by using the self-defense scenario, I assume you mean you'll tell your daughter about birth control in case she gets raped? Otherwise, it's not at all the same thing. DC Lawyer, by using the self-defense scenario, I assume you mean you’ll tell your daughter about birth control in case she gets raped? Otherwise, it’s not at all the same thing.

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]]> By: Cheryl D. http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262209 Cheryl D. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:51:49 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262209 DC Lawyer, if you tell your child, "Don't ride your bicycle until I get home" and then call ten minutes later to say, "Oh, by the way, just so you know, the key to the bike lock is in my desk," the child might interpret that to mean it's OK if he rides his bike while you're gone, right? If you tell him which local drug dealers have the best prices, you've suggested a new form of "recreation," no? If he's expected to abstain from sex until he gets married, then he doesn't need to know about contraceptives at 14. When you make sure he knows about them, "just in case," you've given a very clear message that you expect, and condone, sexual activity. DC Lawyer, if you tell your child, “Don’t ride your bicycle until I get home” and then call ten minutes later to say, “Oh, by the way, just so you know, the key to the bike lock is in my desk,” the child might interpret that to mean it’s OK if he rides his bike while you’re gone, right? If you tell him which local drug dealers have the best prices, you’ve suggested a new form of “recreation,” no?

If he’s expected to abstain from sex until he gets married, then he doesn’t need to know about contraceptives at 14. When you make sure he knows about them, “just in case,” you’ve given a very clear message that you expect, and condone, sexual activity.

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]]> By: DC Lawyer http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262190 DC Lawyer Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:42:16 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262190 Cheryl's rhetoric is typical and very unhelpful. Of course a parent is going to send an message of abstinence to a teen. But making sure they understand birth control is not telling them "you expect them to be sexually active." If I enroll my kid in Karate for self-defense, am I telling him he should go pick fights? Cheryl’s rhetoric is typical and very unhelpful. Of course a parent is going to send an message of abstinence to a teen. But making sure they understand birth control is not telling them “you expect them to be sexually active.”

If I enroll my kid in Karate for self-defense, am I telling him he should go pick fights?

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]]> By: EYG http://online.worldmag.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/comment-page-1/#comment-262166 EYG Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:33:26 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/01/14/make-girls-equal-end-pregnancy-now/#comment-262166 As fundamentalist as this sounds, straying from God's ways does not have good consequences. I agree that there is an implicit message being sent to girls: be more like a boy. This is sad. True freedom comes from embracing who you were created to be. In a way this reminds me of Donatella Versace complaining about Hillary's pant suits. Her complaint was that Hillary is a woman and should dress like a woman. Being a woman is a powerful thing. I liked her critique. It sort of fits here, too. As fundamentalist as this sounds, straying from God’s ways does not have good consequences.

I agree that there is an implicit message being sent to girls: be more like a boy.

This is sad.

True freedom comes from embracing who you were created to be.

In a way this reminds me of Donatella Versace complaining about Hillary’s pant suits. Her complaint was that Hillary is a woman and should dress like a woman. Being a woman is a powerful thing. I liked her critique.

It sort of fits here, too.

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