re: #190 Targetpractice

Thing is, at best a man’s part in the whole thing might break down as between 25-33%. He provides the sperm, but everything after that is out of his hands. He can’t carry to term, he can’t give birth, he can’t breastfeed, and so forth. We evolved as a species where the man is necessary only for the conception, so that he can be free to provide for the woman as she carries, births, and rears the young. Unfortunately, that’s created the present situation where a man only needs to be around for the conception phase, because society has stepped into the role of provider when he leaves.

So what’s a possible solution then? Society should get out of the way and then wait to see if men magically return to being responsible for their offspring, disregarding the fact that our society is no longer structured the way it was when we lived as hunter-gatherers or in small agrarian communities?

Besides, if society is going to step out of the way, then it also needs to to pull its collective nose out of women’s wombs.