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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
See above. if we as a society continue to talk the talk ("fathers matter") but not walk the walk (i.e. continue to send the message that men are only good so long as the checks keep coming) men are going to say "what the hell is the point?" Despite what you might think, men aren't stupid.
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To get guys to identify with their roles as "fathers" we need to start showing that we value them as such - and they're not just considered conduits for money to be channeled to the women who obviously know what's best for the kids (har-har). If it happens in my lifetime I'll be surprised.
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Well, if I had to go by you and John70t regarding teenaged pregnancy rates (which is what this thread is about, not an opportunity to spew whatever bile you might have regarding your mistreatment at the hands, and courts, regarding the women in your life) I would say, yep, men are stupid. However, thank goodness most aren't and understand that teen pregnancy rates have a lot more to do with poverty than evil women who kick dads out and take them for every penny (remember that is your side of the story, every story has two sides.)
Teen pregnancy is a complex problem, and again, the largest contributing factor seems to be poverty - which would sort of negate your idea that the mothers of these girls who get pregnant are living the high life with their Escalades and junkets to Maui. That really doesn't happen in the 'hood', the dads who are missing there are often in jail or aren't paying any support whatsoever.
Rather than misdirect to vent your particular hatred for women, how about looking at the problem rationally - teen pregnancy is firstly a poverty problem, and those women who are raising children in poverty aren't the ones who are getting thousands a month in child support - they wouldn't be living in poverty if that were the case.
Again, remove the misogynist blinders - it might do you some good to look at this problem reasonably.