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- From: beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver)
- Subject: Re: Male Choice, How?
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:44:39 GMT
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- <bob1.725052705@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
- ><BzLC7y.39q@ddsw1.mcs.com> karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
- >
- >><1992Dec19.080107.14639@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>><bob1.724701599@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
-
- >>>>OK. We will inscribe male choice in law. Now, just how do we go
- >>>>about doing this?
- >>>>
- >>>> Prior to all sexual encounters a legal form *must* be signed
- >>>> by both parties.
- >>>>
- >>>> If the woman changes her mind and proceeds with the prgnancy
- >>>> she relieves the man of all responsibility.
-
- >>Now, if a woman WANTS to have a child with a man, THEN there should be a
- >>legal form signed and filed.
- >
- >>That way there is an >affirmation< of support.
- >
- >Yeah, its called a marriage license, etc. (not that it always guarantees
- >the support by either parent).
-
- The rights and obligations are usually very unclear to people
- entering into such "contracts." They are also variable and subject
- to an unbalanced mix of conservatism and trendy feminist/socialist theory
- (especially in Canada).
-
-
- >>Which I believe this change would do. Only a foolish woman would have a
- >>child which she could not afford if she could not bill the man for half the
- >>cost -- and men would have no reason to "run off" on their kids, as they
- >>wouldn't be responsible for them unless they wanted them in the first place.
- >
- >Hey! Lets look at this from a practical aspect. I've seen numbers here of
- >a father with a good job paying $1000 a month. Now, if the mother stays
- >home with the child, that's not quite 'living it up' in my experience. If
- >she works, day care is pretty pricey and I assume some of that $1000 is
- >intended to be invested toward further education. As was suggested earlier,
- >there should be accounting by the CP.
-
- Daycare, should the mother want it, is usually billed above and beyond CS.
- Also, the money is not intended for college education, which is typically
- billed when the child goes to college.
-
- Don
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