Sunday, January 23, 2011

Responsibility

This topic will probably come in several different forms.  However, this one only deals with the ladies perspective.  So don't start off by saying "what the guy should do" as in this case it doesn't matter.  We are only talking about what we as women should or should not take responsibility for.

So, I was listening to Steve Harvey on Friday morning.  There was a young lady on the air who got pregnant by a man who she knew had no intentions of being with her.  She knew that she was only a friend with benefit and in the beginning she agreed to this arrangement.  She at some point (maybe in the beginning) had feelings for this man.  So, she gets pregnant.  My question is, should she expect this man to support his child emotionally and/or financially?  She claims to no longer be interested in him, but wants him to have a relationship with his child.  A child by the way that he had no say so in the creation and did not want.  What are we teaching our daughters?  Is it ok to trap a man and then expect him to play daddy?  Should he not have a say so in whether or not he brings a life into the world?  If a woman gets pregnant without her partners permission and on purpose in hopes of trapping him, should she be prepared to except the ultimate consequence of him not wanting or participating in the life of this child?

Will look at the other side later on in the week.

No comments:

Post a Comment