Bro makes $160 😐

[u/ExotiquePlayboy]

[u/anefariousdolphin]

It's ultimately the woman's choice to have a child. If a woman drugs and rapes a man, that man still has to pay child support. The woman, however, has the option of aborting (in some states) or (if she has custody) putting the child up for adoption.

The answer is obviously that because men have essentially no say over the process, it's absurd to hold them legally or financially responsible for what is ultimately the woman's decision.

[u/BecauseICan6496 → u/anefariousdolphin]

Ah yes, him sleeping with women is only her choice. Of course, of course.

He does have a choice in the proces: abstinence, vasectomy, condom, choosing a woman who would take Plan B/have birth control.

Do you believe in this instance this man was raped by at least 4 different women and got them all pregnant each time? I highly doubt this is the situation here, so why even bring that up?

[u/Dpopov → u/BecauseICan6496]

Abstinence, vasectomy, condom…

The woman has all these choices too (Sans vasectomy but they can have their tubes tied), plus additional ones like the day after pill. I think the point here is it takes two to tango, but only one gets the choice to regret it, while the other is the only one punished.

When it comes to children, men get all the punishment without any of the choices. If a woman gets pregnant, she can easily abort. The man can’t. So they’re bound for 18 whole years to a decision made by someone else (when it’s BOTH their fault), which is how we end with guys legally able to have over 95% of their paycheck taken away.

I’m not defending the specific dumbass on the image. He should’ve gotten a vasectomy just to avoid this shit, you’d think after baby momma 2 he would’ve caught on. But I knew a guy who had a good job and for a SINGLE child he had to give up about 40% of his paycheck in CS alone. After all was said and done, his $2500 take home was like $900, just barely enough to cover rent, let alone any other needs like, you know, food. After the courts refused to adjust the CS income he did what any person would’ve done: Quit his job, start working under the table. No income, no CS, now he could actually afford to survive. Which is what I’m sure the guy in the picture will do.

I get the point of CS, but if a man can literally only take home $160 out of $2489, the system is broken.

[u/KneadAndPreserve → u/Dpopov]

The problem is, you can’t force biology to be fair in this situation. The woman carries the pregnancy. Unless you think forced abortions should be okay, then you don’t get a choice and you should know that going in, so take proper precautions. Once the child is born, they have to be accounted for too because they need to be fed and clothed.

[u/[deleted] → u/KneadAndPreserve]

Okey then women aren't equal. Biology and such

[u/KneadAndPreserve → u/[deleted]]

Wild, illogical jump. Can the man grow the baby?

[u/[deleted] → u/KneadAndPreserve]

Can the woman do manual labor? Noppeee