Either way, I do apologize. This is something I feel quite strongly about, and I am sorry I became so antagonistic.

You're right I am. Because when you address single mothers as a whole, you're addressing me. And as a single mother, I know your advice to be wrong and hurtful. I know how important it is for women,(and men, I know several men who have sole custody as well) to get any financial support from an absent parent. And I think the attitude of blame the victims, not the perpetrator, to be exceedingly destructive in our society.

Still don't know what was contradictory. If you're going to say that, please point out where and how.
You're right. I did. I am educated, I am employed and I am did everything right to prepare myself for my future. But I will still fight for my children. I will still petition for wage garnishment and go to court to get him to pay his half of my disabled daughters medical bills.
I'm lucky for where I am. Women with less, need to fight even harder to support their kids.
If a man fathers children, he is legally and morally responsible to provide for those children.
Telling women to give up and get used to being alone tells men that leaving and not being responsible is an option. It isn't. Or at least it shouldn't be.
Women should always fight for the father to be responsible, even if the only reason would be from an economic stand point of fewer families on welfare and Medicaid.

Only if the custodial parent points out the absent one and makes a big deal about what that patent isn't doing. When my girls get older, yes, that will be something to be explained.
I'm interested in what I'm contradicting myself on.
And being forced to pay, doesn't take away someone's deadbeat status.
You can't force anyone to parent. But if you choose to have sex and end up a father, or choose to be father and then decide later you don't want to be, you have a responsibility to that child. And not just a moral one. The law states you have a financial obligation that is irrelevant to any parenting obligation.
My point is, don't assume to know why someone is a single mother. Blaming any single parent and saying "you should have chose better" is judgmental, and assumes you know more about what happened in their relationship then they did.
Telling women to just accept being in a hard situation, rather then fight for their children, is the exact opposite of what mothers should do

It took my ex 4 years of marriage to show his true colors. Only AFTER I was pregnant. People change. Sometimes for the better. Sometimes for worse. Sometimes people do things and make decisions that destroy families. Yes, a man can run from the responsibilities easier. So why in the world should we let them? Most single patent homes are run by single mothers. And there is a huge correlation with poverty and single parent house holds. Your asking women to accept defeat, poverty, and all the responsibility, and raise their children in a situation where the child is disadvantaged. No. I will fight for my children and for me. And it is worth it. You have a lot of misconceptions stated in your post. Most people get the child support eventually. Not few.
Yes, pick the father of your children carefully. But your being judgmental if your think I didn't, that other people don't. Who my ex is now, is not who I married. And his irresponsible behavior is not on my shoulders.

You dot have to post dark humor. You don't have to respond to it. It goes both ways. But to those who get all up in arms about how their off color "joke" wasn't taken well, that's what happens. Yes, people can just move on and not comment. But they also can comment and voice their opinion. If you don't want to hear the responce to what you have to say, post it in a place that doesn't allow comments or retorts.

No. Both parents had sex. Both parents are responsible.
How about we raise boys to accept the responsibility of their actions instead of saying " sorry girls, you're SOL. Too bad your female."
I am a mother of two girls who's ex husband was abusive, cheated and chooses not to accept responsibility. He won't pay child support and chooses not to see his kids. Raising them on my own is hard, and the fight to get him to be responsible IS worth it.
Women telling other women to just accept that they're second I men is destructive, and gives misogynists clout to further their poor treatment of women.

Gotta admit, I like your explanation and definition.

I also wanted to add that you're joke is not dark humor. It's tasteless humor. Dark humor is death and murder and the like. You're fooling no one by trying to defend your misogyny.

The thing about dark humor is you have to use your common sense for when it's appropriate or not. With close friends or family, you're probably not going to hurt or offend anyone. They know you, they know you're joking. On the Internet, most people will never get to know you well enough to detect tone and inflection via text. So when you get all up in arms about people not liking your dark humor, it's because your not taking your audience into consideration. Nothing wrong with dark or twisted humor, but use your common sense about when and where. Or get used to people getting upset. Pick one or the other.

Most if the time I call my daughter lizard. Her real name is Eliza, so I kinda went the opposite route.

Being a twin is awesome. 10/10, would recommend.

Yes, we do. And while i don't agree with this comic (who is using hyperbole and dating to make a joke), i still don't understand how women who choose to dress up and go to sports bars, lends understanding to men treating all women as objects rather then as people. Its the "object" part that's the problem. Because then you're only seeing a woman as a tool for you're sexual gratification.
Maybe clarify why heals and makeup and club clothing make it ok to dehumanize someone. Even if someone ends up being a one night stand that you never see again, sex is between two people. Not just one person using the other for gratification.

agreed. i live and dress and present myself how i want to, because it's what i like. Not because im trying to attract someone.

i think that's what they're trying to point out, the ignorance of classifying those that are Asian as being from only two countries/ethnicities.

I'm a mom and I laughed.

My cheap fav is Maybelline full and soft. But I don't know anyone else who likes it to. All time favorite is Diorshow but I refuse to pay 30 bucks for mascara.