@JoshuaMoney15@squirrelmusing@_nomadic_soul While fair observations, I think this largely only applies to women of a certain ideological caliber. There are, and I speak from personal experience, plenty of women who do not adhere to that model. The trick then is to find them, which i am not saying is easy, but is doable
@JoshuaMoney15@squirrelmusing@_nomadic_soul Is it fucking hard to do that. It is just an absolute slog. I think Kate has fantastic points about the how and why of it, if you want to dig a little deeper. Chin up, man. You can find someone. It just might take a while.
@JoshuaMoney15@squirrelmusing@_nomadic_soul There was one person who tried to "talk" to me by sending one message every week or so. Others who ive had daily conversations with for months only to get ghosted. You just got to dig through those horrible things to get to the one person who you can match with man
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder 2-5% is stilla small enough percentage of the population that it would be a massive resource waste to enable blanket coverage for mandatory paternity testing. If a man is uncertain of the paternity during pregnancy they need to have that handled on an individual basis.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder And I am saying this as a man, there is a genuine cultural issue with men not stepping the fuck up and not pulling their weight in a relationship. Unless that is addressed first, anything else is just unnecessarily slapping a band-aid on top.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder As for family law;
The highest rating for divorce cases is a lack of commitment on the part of the father. 73%. With constant arguments (56%) and infidelity (55%) close behind.
This is not a rigged system against men, which is a showcase of men being culturally at fault.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder Individuals need to take responsibility for their actions and inactions, which includes the inability to be in a relationship with a specific individual. It is not the states responsibility to come in and slap a band aid on a fundamentally broken relationship.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder The percentage of divorced couples in the US is closer to 34%. Of that, the men who doubt their paternity are between 17% and 33%. This is an interpersonal failing for incompatible individuals rather that some systemic issue that requires governmental intervention.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder And if you need the fucking state to come in and make you feel secure in your relationship with a mandatory test, then, I got to tell you, you aren't a good person for anyone to have a relationship with. Your own lack of confidence and inability to trust will spoil everything.
@cobaco123@squirrelmusing@derghoulo@abward1701f@RealPostFolder No. Thats entirely a *you* problem. Either you trust the woman you're *married* to and having a kid with or *you* don't. If you don't thats a personal issue, and you wanting a paternity test speaks to your lack of trust. Skill issue.
@squirrelmusing@ijustwa51891310@fantasticarg3@Brittanshorr@MibshaD For a man who has such a bug up their ass about cherry picking statistics, you've certainly done your own fare share of it. Whatever "male status lowering" you're scared of is entirely the byproduct of people not willing to settle for absolute losers. Nothing more.