The state could permit him to find another guardian for the child who would be fiscally responsible and get non-custodial joint custody. Think of single men who never married, gay men etc. assuming he could get the the mother to agree.

Yes, My lady self is a MRA !!!

Okay, cool, and how does that make the situation not shitty for dudes who made a mistake or who got that unlucky 1 in bignumber chance of methods X Y and Z failing to prevent a pregnancy?

So just to be clear, you are actually saying "dudes keep it in your pants" the same way everyone says "ladies keep your legs closed" yes?

This is an interesting subject!! It seems to me this poses a difficult challenge to one's principles if, like me, you're both Pro Choice and you advocate for gender equality. A lot of people have made the totally valid point that the best solution is to avoid an unwanted pregnancy. I agree, pragmatically speaking…

You do understand the difference between a hysterectomy and 'getting your tubes tied', right? The former is a pretty invasive and 100% non-reversible surgery (removal of the uterus!) that I can image most doctors would think twice about before performing it on a young woman unless there was a medical necessity. Tubal…

I guess a more proper response to DuchessofDork's post would be "No shit."

Look, either this isn't an ok argument to use, period, or it is an ok argument to make. You can't say that it's unacceptable when applied to women and acceptable when applied to men. Build a better argument.

Not really; I think the idea that if people want a reasonable, thoughtful discussion on reproductive rights, they should engage thoughtfully with an op-ed in the NYT instead of posting such dumb, mocking, missing-the-point bullshit that I thought I wandered over to Thought Catalog. Jez screams all the time that…

I said nothing about reverse sexism.

"Women are effectively barred from getting hysterectomies in the US and in most of the world."

You are transparently silly. Pointing out that you argue like a spoiled child hardly makes me a man.

I'd argue the only reason abortion is even legal or widely accepted is the understanding that the fetus is not a child, and therefore not a person.

I hate this future-unborn-child stuff. It's pro-life nonsense to me.

The man's options to avoid becoming a parent end with the sex act.

Only if you buy the membership first. Sure, the abortion's cheap, but they get you on the membership fees.

Are you shitting me? What is the point of this Oppression Olympics bullshit? You can't even have sympathy for men without reminding people that women have it worse? So the fuck what? No, really, by this logic, Jezebel is the whiniest damn thing in the world and anyone who isn't a trans woman of color who's been…

Thank you, for someone with this platform to spew hate towards people that showed interest in the cause/point of Jezebel is unacceptable.

yeah, I get lindy's anger and what not and it's justified...except for the fact that lindy is not a normal person on the internet that has to deal with dumb dudes but someone who has made a career out of internetting and is literally getting paid to write about this stuff. Seems like she of all people should be the…

West had a basic point with the "well then educate me" trolls on Twitter and the like, who are annoying as fuck, but typically, she shot past that point at 9000 mph. People who are good-hearted but unaware of their adverse impact in language and actions can really be brought about with (well meaning,…