The picture is wrong, the second door should read, "Let women decide but men are still responsible."
Honestly the infantilization of women runs deeper than laws or culture. I think society will always give women a pass for throwing their kids away because on some level no one sees them as truly responsible for anything. A single mother is by definition a victim and therefore no one feels bad when she kills her bastards. They only matter if a man cares about them.
That's why I think Roe v. Wade lasted so long despite being transparently ridiculous; society needs a fig leaf to lay over the harsh reality of female autonomy. They decide, but we always pay.
The picture is wrong, the second door should read, "Let women decide but men are still responsible."
Honestly the infantilization of women runs deeper than laws or culture. I think society will always give women a pass for throwing their kids away because on some level no one sees them as truly responsible for anything. A single mother is by definition a victim and therefore no one feels bad when she kills her bastards. They only matter if a man cares about them.
That's why I think Roe v. Wade lasted so long despite being transparently ridiculous; society needs a fig leaf to lay over the harsh reality of female autonomy. They decide, but we always pay.