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[hiphopnation]

truth be told I was in a situation where I got a woman pregnant. We both ruminated long and hard on the issue. In the end I felt I was not ready for a child. Neither did she, but her faith prohibited her from aborting the fetus so she kept the baby. After much pain and heartache, I told her that I would support her decision no matter what. It has not been an easy road for us, but today I have a beautiful 3yo (holding back tears) daughter whom I love more than anything in the world. She changed my life in the most beautiful and profound ways imaginable. And the mother and I are getting along quite well, though we haven't married yet.

I did not want to tell this story at the beginning of my getting involved in this post because, though relevent, I feel that the issue here is more how women are treated and precieved in this society; the underlying misogyny that most men don't even realize they have. The same goes for race. Both racism and misogyny are still rampant in this society and it angers me when people think that because of the civil rights movement in the 60's and the feminist movement in the 70's that "poof!" we've a level playing field. It's faulty. Anyway, again, my $0.02.

edit: spelling