My reply to Jav on "Men's Rights??"

On a local talk show this afternoon, I heard an interview with one of the spokesmen for this men's advocacy group. He made the very same points in support of the lawsuit that you have just made.

Pardon my bluntness, Jav - none of us three have ever needed to mince words - but it's a whiny argument. For me to just reply, "Life is unfair" won't cut it, of course, because that presupposes an equality between the sexes - which you won't assume any more than I will.

This isn't a lawsuit between equals, however, but between men and women. The inequality of position results in inequality of responsibility. We hold a position of authority, strength, and power. Thus we have greater responsibility.

The pro-abortion position might be weakened by the arguments in this suit, but that doesn't validate them. No more than a boy whining, "But she hit me first!" As men, we're expected to endure it without retaliation, because women cannot endure our retaliation.

No, I believe abortion must be attacked head-on, not with behind-the-lines sabotage. (That was my argument in Roe Delenda Est.) As long as it stands, Roe is a mocking embarrassment to American men's impotence for all the reasons you gave. But what does it say about us when the best we can muster is a plea for "fairness"?

Our children are depending on us. Their very lives are at stake. And if we have to fight their mothers, it's not a battle of our choosing but one we from which we must not shrink.

But there's got to be a better way to save our kids than by simply abandoning them in order to make their mothers suffer.