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True Dough

(23,651 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:27 AM Jul 2024

Women who have no children...

The Volatile Mermaid
@OhNoSheTwitnt

There are only 2 reasons why a woman doesn’t have children. Either she can’t, or she doesn’t want to. And either way it’s none of your god damn business.



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Women who have no children... (Original Post) True Dough Jul 2024 OP
Should men with no children be assumed to be dysfunctional? This BS is so damned disgusting... hlthe2b Jul 2024 #1
Are there no dog or cat men in the #USA?? .. riversedge Jul 2024 #7
ewe bet poozwah Jul 2024 #37
I prefer spending time with all my lovely money. meadowlander Jul 2024 #2
When they start going after men who have no children, mucholderthandirt Jul 2024 #3
Photographs? Danmel Jul 2024 #5
Children wildflowergardener Jul 2024 #4
Excellent point! True Dough Jul 2024 #16
The sexism and racism has only just begun moniss Jul 2024 #6
I've been thinking deeply about that troubling statement by Vance bucolic_frolic Jul 2024 #8
Look for his love children under the sofa cushions....... lastlib Jul 2024 #9
Probably all over the sofa cushions. Dem2theMax Jul 2024 #18
That simple malaise Jul 2024 #10
A woman on LinkedIn made the same type of idiotic comment JanMichael Jul 2024 #11
Well then, I guess people with no kids should be exempt from school taxes, too. tanyev Jul 2024 #17
I second that Ferryboat Jul 2024 #35
Hate it Jimbo S Jul 2024 #36
What are the reasons for a married man to pay a porn star for sex JI7 Jul 2024 #12
The point, the blank, and the period. eom Sunsky Jul 2024 #13
The mike drop for this is TheDemsshouldhireme Jul 2024 #14
if there's big money involved, Tetrachloride Jul 2024 #15
My wife and I discuss having children all the time. When you're married, it should be joint decision. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #19
Kamala Harris does have children - stepchildren Emrys Jul 2024 #20
As long as the never-right says, "adoption, not abortion", Harris is a Saint sanatanadharma Jul 2024 #21
I wanted to have children but couldn't MustLoveBeagles Jul 2024 #22
THIS is what pisses me off kwolf68 Jul 2024 #25
I think I know where those people are coming from. llmart Jul 2024 #23
You know, if you don't want kids, that's cool Bettie Jul 2024 #24
Absolutely 💯 correct Niagara Jul 2024 #26
Daycare for a 6 month old is now 260/week! nt ecstatic Jul 2024 #29
That's definitely not feasible for working families Niagara Jul 2024 #30
Rec'd! True Dough Jul 2024 #33
Exactly, True! Niagara Jul 2024 #34
A big one for me is that people without kids know nothing about raising them. I was a kid, I had parents and brewens Jul 2024 #27
Someone on Twitter pointed out a third reason ecstatic Jul 2024 #28
There has not been a single President JustAnotherGen Jul 2024 #31
Much like the abortion "debate." Nobody's business but hers... Wounded Bear Jul 2024 #32

hlthe2b

(110,629 posts)
1. Should men with no children be assumed to be dysfunctional? This BS is so damned disgusting...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:30 AM
Jul 2024

poozwah

(343 posts)
37. ewe bet
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 03:58 PM
Jul 2024

out in the sticks, i would bet there are a lot of maga hat wearing guys that just love them some dogs and cats.

mucholderthandirt

(1,604 posts)
3. When they start going after men who have no children,
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:49 AM
Jul 2024

Maybe I'll listen. Until then, it's just another way to insult, shame and diminish women. Only good to be whores, wives or mothers. How dare they decide to not have children? How dare they be barren?

It's like saying Kamala has no appreciation of the history of this country, that she's dismissive of our history. All this means is black people are trying to get something for nothing, that they haven't worked as hard as whites, they're uppity. Because you know they're all welfare queens, want free college and to be hired into jobs over qualified white people because of quotas.

Wink wink. Nudge nudge. Know what I mean?

wildflowergardener

(1,010 posts)
4. Children
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 06:53 AM
Jul 2024

Well you know if she did have children they would be saying she should stay home and take care of her children vs running for office

moniss

(7,682 posts)
6. The sexism and racism has only just begun
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 07:25 AM
Jul 2024

and believe me they will get far worse and it will all be given a 24/7 forum by the media. There will be little to no push-back by the media since they will claim they are "just reporting what's going on". They will demand responses from Harris by way of using "some sources say" methods to all kinds of things they will never hold men to.

bucolic_frolic

(51,381 posts)
8. I've been thinking deeply about that troubling statement by Vance
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 07:33 AM
Jul 2024

Is it a subliminal way of bragging about his own prolifics?

I mean, should we be looking for love children?

You see where it's headed.

Dem2theMax

(10,766 posts)
18. Probably all over the sofa cushions.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:40 AM
Jul 2024

Never made it to the egg.
(I mean, who would want to donate an egg to him? Either in a tube or in person.)



Sorry for the images this conjures up.

JanMichael

(25,664 posts)
11. A woman on LinkedIn made the same type of idiotic comment
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 07:58 AM
Jul 2024

Said that if you didn't have kids you shouldn't be allowed to vote.

Some people are just fucking stupid assholish trolls.

Ferryboat

(1,167 posts)
35. I second that
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:40 AM
Jul 2024

Wife and I vote for school levys despite having no kids.

I want educated citizens, although that hasn't worked out so well.

JI7

(92,309 posts)
12. What are the reasons for a married man to pay a porn star for sex
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:04 AM
Jul 2024

while his wife is pregnant and to party with a child molestor ?

AZLD4Candidate

(6,673 posts)
19. My wife and I discuss having children all the time. When you're married, it should be joint decision.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:43 AM
Jul 2024

Emrys

(8,665 posts)
20. Kamala Harris does have children - stepchildren
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 08:44 AM
Jul 2024

If the GOP wants to argue that they're not valid children, they're picking a fight with a vast number of families.

sanatanadharma

(4,074 posts)
21. As long as the never-right says, "adoption, not abortion", Harris is a Saint
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:04 AM
Jul 2024

As long as the never-right says, "adoption, not abortion", Harris is a Saint.
Adoption, remarriage, etc! Being a parent does not require conception beyond the concept of raising kind citizens.

MustLoveBeagles

(13,451 posts)
22. I wanted to have children but couldn't
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:04 AM
Jul 2024

So these people are saying I have no value? Well screw them! I have just as much stake in this country as anybody else including those who are childless by choice.

kwolf68

(8,117 posts)
25. THIS is what pisses me off
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:33 AM
Jul 2024

We have a good friend who just couldn't have kids. Listening to these crackpots she is worthless. Where do they get off? I realize they want to take us back to the 1800s, but these values are strange, moronic, hateful and just plain wrong. Again, NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS what a women does with her body or life. FREEDOM only for giant corporations, but not for real human (women) beings. I really hate the Republican Party and what it has now become.

llmart

(16,620 posts)
23. I think I know where those people are coming from.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:19 AM
Jul 2024

If women don't have children, then there won't be a steady supply of little children for the pedophiles to fondle.

Obviously, I'm being snarky.

Bettie

(18,565 posts)
24. You know, if you don't want kids, that's cool
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:20 AM
Jul 2024

and definitely if you don't want them don't have them.

If you want them, then have them. I have three kids, I love being a mom.

I have many friends who chose to have kids, many who chose not to.

And yet, we're still very much alike in all the ways that matter.

I'm so tired of women being judged by weird standards that never, ever apply to men.

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
26. Absolutely 💯 correct
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jul 2024

Also, many of us women do have children.



In my lifetime, not one "leader" in the repub party has ever introduced or passed any legislation to help working families that do have children with health insurance, childcare cost or childcare options (childcare within the job programs). I'm most likely forgetting other critical help that they haven't helped with.


In the United States of America, when a mother starts maternity leave that has a full time job, the general options are:
1. Take 6 weeks off with pay
2. Take 12 weeks off without pay


It's been 23 years since I had a baby, so unless maternity leave has changed, I don't know about it.


23 years ago, we paid $70 to $100 a week for childcare cost. We had to pay for a week of childcare service even if we took an entire week off for vacation. The cost of childcare for today's working families isn't feasible at all.



And now the repub party wants to shame other women for not having children? The hypocrisy is certainly lost on them.

Just my 2 cents.

Niagara

(10,804 posts)
30. That's definitely not feasible for working families
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 10:06 AM
Jul 2024

Thank you for that info, ecstatic!

 

brewens

(15,359 posts)
27. A big one for me is that people without kids know nothing about raising them. I was a kid, I had parents and
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jul 2024

I know a moron parent when I see one. So, fuck all the way off with that one!

ecstatic

(34,851 posts)
28. Someone on Twitter pointed out a third reason
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 09:47 AM
Jul 2024

The circumstances were never right.

Either way, it's none of jd's or the heritage group's business.



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