There are poor men though. There are many successful ones and ones that have everything going for them, but there are also a lot that live a daily struggle - and suffer from issues just as some women do. If you want to say “fuck you” to all the men out there who are struggling, just because there are some other…

Because they don’t have a lot of experience/contact with the opposite gender. I’m thinking that most of these people really should be the subject of our sympathy rather than our scorn and ridicule.

What about in school then? I was legally mandated to be in school over a certain period - I’m not legally mandated to work - so in that respect, I have even less power in the situation. Are the people I met in elementary, highschool and university crossing boundaries by asking me out?

Are you claiming that FASD doesn’t exist?

What prohibitions? These are known risks. Like all things, you need to weigh the pros and cons. Would you rather not be informed?

I would be furious too if I thought researchers wanted to scientifically study the effects of drinking while pregnant.

That’s not why doctors advise that. However, some doctors, like many other people, feel they need to have an answer for everything, even if they have to make it up. Your doctor doesn’t know what she is talking about.

Its not rare. You just think its rare because FASD is severely under-diagnosed; most likely due to the many parents inability to bring themselves to admit their actions caused this - it would be hard to do. Pretty much the only children diagnosed with FASD are ones that are not being raised by their biological parents.

Alcohol impairs judgement. I don’t think that fact is really in dispute.