Agreed... at least until you run up against religious and/or social prohibitions. Here in the US, for example, the Catholic Church's prohibition against birth control has largely lost its grip -- but the same can't be said for many other countries. That's a problem. So are cultures that measure a man's masculinity by the number of children (or the number of sons) that he fathers.
Also not happy AT ALL with the classism of "if you need public assistance, stop fucking". This implies that anyone who isn't desperately poor can go ahead and have all the children they want because "they can afford it" -- which (1) does little to fix the problem and (2) is right in line with current Republican attitudes, which are disgusting to say the least.
*sigh* What I wouldn't give for a tasteless, odorless, medically-safe, readily-soluble substance that would reduce human fertility by 50%. In container-load quantities, with a worldwide distribution plan. (Hey, if I'm going to fantasize, I might as well do it in a big way!)
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Date: 2011-06-09 08:16 pm (UTC)Also not happy AT ALL with the classism of "if you need public assistance, stop fucking". This implies that anyone who isn't desperately poor can go ahead and have all the children they want because "they can afford it" -- which (1) does little to fix the problem and (2) is right in line with current Republican attitudes, which are disgusting to say the least.
*sigh* What I wouldn't give for a tasteless, odorless, medically-safe, readily-soluble substance that would reduce human fertility by 50%. In container-load quantities, with a worldwide distribution plan. (Hey, if I'm going to fantasize, I might as well do it in a big way!)