Okay, so I agree that we should send the woman from this article to jail but not the "women". Using the second word in the context of your comment makes it very offensive. Watch your spelling.
I think he meant womEn because there are other womEn who get the same treatment as this womAn. Either that or it was a mistake, either way, really now.
He can start paying child support now but shouldn't be held accountable for previous years. He had no idea of a child, job, or means of making income at the time of her impregnation. Also, on the grounds of statutory rape he in no way could've known the outcome of unprotected sex and sex with an older individual.
Well, he's not a rape victim in the sense that he was abused. However, according to law - he wasn't old enough to know what he said yes to - therefor it's the same as saying no. But in my opinion, it really isn
Piekiller have you ever lived a life with only one parent and with a very limited income? It's hard on not only the parent but significantly hard on the child. Now whether he wanted the sex or not remains to be said but he now knows he has a descendant and therefore should help care for the child. My mother is over $20,000 behind in child support and from my point of view we'll never see that money. I have had to move 4 times in the past two years, in and out if my grandparents' house with my father and I'll tell you its horrible to put a child through that.
@metalman i understand your pov, i never knew my father and at 25 have never seen him. however, if the circumstances of your birth come from consensual actions of two persons, then yes your father is responsible as a man. this post is however, about equality. an no matter how you look at it he was a victim. a 14 year old cannot give consent and it is abuse. so if years later you ask him to pay his abuser? can you not see the absurdity of this?
Im not saying it's right that this is happening to him, AT ALL. I see that the blame is on the adult girl. But I just feel wierd about calling it rape when it's consented sex between to people (even though legally he wasn't old enough to consent). I feel so sorry for the man, but my only issue/though was the termonology. I guess it's just a difference in culture :)
Okay, here's how I see it: IF he wants partial custody of the child, then he should start paying child support NOW. However, that bitch should be in jail, unless he still doesn't want to press charges. Bonus however, he definitely was a rape victim. The legal age to consent is what it is to prevent things like this, when kids don't know what's going on or are to uncertain/awkward/scared to say no. Under some circumstances, he might not say he was a victim, but since you don't know what happened, (IMO) you can't really say that he's not.
I agree with the fact that this woman is crazy. However, with the title, I don't think that this is what feminists see as equality. This is clearly not equality.
One part of this is that there's a statute of limitations for rape...maybe 7 years. So, the woman is off the hook because she wasn't charged before the time ran out.
It seems weird that she may benefit from committing satutory rape (because, if he was not old enough to consent, there was no consent). Weird that nobody commented on the child, though. I hope he/she will be better off with the child support. The woman *did* cheat the guy out of years of knowing his child, too.
I'm all about gender equality. This woman did something wrong and does not deserve to receive payments from him. Rape is rape regardless of the gender of the rapist. This is victim blaming.
As a feminist I really enjoy masculist post like this. its important that we all focus on issues like this. Funnysubstance has been on fire with gender equality post. Awesome~ let's keep it civil though. No blame games let fix it ^_^
Would you believe women weren't allowed vote or work in certain jobs or do a lot of things men were allowed do so we aren't trying to make men the same as woman as they are already seen as the dominant gender. We are trying to make woman the same as men. This means letting them walk down a road alone without being kidnapped or allowing girls in fucking Pakistan to go to school and do whatever they want. So try not to be an idiot. Woman don't want to be better they want equality. So shut your fucking mouth you bull shit motherfucker and don't comment on these posts again if it's going to be something stupid thanks.
Everyone has the possibility of being kidnapped. Theres laws are against it for both men and women. Does that mean that will stop people? Fuck no. Feminism does nothing for kidnapping because nothing can be done. Also, although I disagree with how women are treated in Muslim countries its not my place to go after another persons culture or religion? We here in the US protest the Japanese from whaling and killing dolphin when thats a regular part of there culture and diet. There are boats in the water filled with people from the US who attack whaling ships. Its a tv show on Animal Planet. But, do you see India protesting we eat cows? Fuck no because they know how to mind there own business.
Why does it matter so much what the name is? You can call a group of girls "guys", you can call a movement for equality feminism, get over it. The name isn't important, what it stands for is.
One is extremely sexist whereas the other is a reasonable response to what happened in this post.
It seems weird that she may benefit from committing satutory rape (because, if he was not old enough to consent, there was no consent). Weird that nobody commented on the child, though. I hope he/she will be better off with the child support. The woman *did* cheat the guy out of years of knowing his child, too.