JamesH advises that "a male pill may be available in the near future which will broaden the options for men."

Well JamesH, statistics reveal that men are notorious for failing to use condoms so how on earth does one ensure the male has swallowed his pill?

Reversible vasectomies are also available, however it would be interesting to learn how few males have "succumbed" to this simple procedure. "Leave that to the women," they declare!

Women have for too long compromised their own health by ingesting the now suspected carcinogenic contraceptive pill for decades, inserting all sorts of contraceptive contraptions, often resulting in septacaemias and infertility and it is they who must endure the physical traumas of miscarriages.

And yet the army of male whingers is expanding! Give the girls a break, guys! It's catch up time!

It's reported that some 70% of all married men cheat on their wives. The reasons were:

1. Sexual addiction
2. More sex
3. More sexual variety
4. Opportunistic sex

So, while numbers of women cheating are on the increase, it appears the overriding factor for a male to cheat, is sex, sex and more sex!

Sex was not the reason women gave for cheating on their husbands.

However, the vital question to ask is "why are women reduced to having abortions?"

Is it because the majority of pregnant women have been abandoned by the male?

When we collate sufficient data on this, we may then move forward to finding solutions to reducing the number of abortions. God botherers, offering celestial counsel, need not apply!

Dickie, yet more blaming men for everything. Are you trying to gives JamesH ammunition?

"It's reported that some 70% of all married men cheat on their wives."
Reported by who? Just who are they cheating with? If the figure is true that would suggest that a substantial proportion of the population don't want to be monogamous. Would it be fair for them to say "My body, my choice"?

"Reversible vasectomies are also available, however it would be interesting to learn how few males have "succumbed" to this simple procedure." - how simple and how widely publicised are they? I've heard almost nothing about them other than the suggestion that they may not be reliably reversable or simple.

I agree that more solid evidence into the reasons terminations are sought would be helpfull. I'm not sure how that data can be gathered impartially (those with the opportunity to gather the data are almost all likely to have vested interests in the types of results obtained).

The real issue being discussed here is the abuse of systems put in place to help people by those trying to impose the consequences of their own religious beliefs on others.

A bit less blaming men and some focus on that issue might help.

R0bert

Dickie, men dislike condoms for much the same reasons as you girls
dislike showering in your raincoats, ie. it ruins the experience.

Responsibility for pregnancy is a 50:50 thing, not a 70:30
thing.

Yup, males can have the snip, so can females.

Perhaps once she's popped out 2-3 kids, the snip is an option
for her. Sensible males, who don't want a tribe of kids,
might be wise to ignore those females who insist on playing
russian roulette and stick to chatting up females who understand
these things :)

Gee Yabby

Thanks so much for supporting my observations - particularly the one on condoms.

Forgetting to "travel" with condoms, where there is a risk of uncertainty, is also playing Russian roulette, is it not?

But of course, as you correctly advised, wisdom and enhanced sensations make poor bedfellows and wisdom "ruins the experience."

Never mind that JamesH has advised that females lie and are less than honourable!

So Yabby, you may have advised your teenage son not to use condoms, however, I advised mine that using condoms was essential, particularly if he didn't want to support a child for the next twenty years or become complicit in a pregnancy termination.

That advice worked and thankfully, I discovered condoms in his wardrobe shortly after!

To some of you anti abortionists, What is your attitude to single mothers in society? Do you have a bit of a moralistic, holier than thou or self righteous attitude towards them. If so, how does that stack up with your anti abortion stand? Shouldnt you be full of praise for single mothers who didnt abort their babies?

I'm not saying I'm particularly fond of the idea of abortion but it's hypocritical for society to condem a woman for having an abortion and on the other hand look down on women who accidently fall pregnant or who have what's considered to be too many children in todays society.

"It's reported that some 70% of all married men cheat on their wives."

Dickie where is the research or did you just make it up?

Agony aunt columns make for some interesting reading, particularly where a woman wants to stop taking birth control without telling her partner.

I don't know what you would call it where one person in a relationship conveniently forgets to tell the other person that they stopped taking contraceptive measures.

As too reversible vasectomies. This requires micro surgery with no guarantee of sucess, it is not covered by medicare and costs between $5,000- $10,000 for the procedure. Whilst vasectomies are a simpler procedure, it is not without risks and for some men testicular pain is an ongoing issue.

To quote one man, "sex becomes an exercise in pain managment!"
http://www.malehealth.co.uk/userpage1.cfm?item_id=40

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/spotlight/2001-03-08-anderson-vasectomy-life.htm

and before you hit the ROOF, I am not suggesting that men do not have vasectomies. Like all medical procedures they should be 'fully informed'.