From: utzoo!watmath!watcgl!dmmartindale
Newsgroups: net.singles
Title: Re: Birth Control and Vulgarity
Article-I.D.: watcgl.343
Posted: Sat Apr 16 23:40:30 1983
Received: Sun Apr 17 10:23:43 1983
References: sdcvax.174

	I can't believe that women who sleep around are disturbed by
	their partners' lack of concern regarding birth control.
	Moreover, I can't believe that men who sleep with women of this
	type would bother to ask about birth control except to please
	the women, as it should be a fair assumption that a woman who
	treats sex casually is using some form of birth control.  Men
	and women who take the time to establish a caring relationship
	prior to having sex know each other well enough to have
	dicussed and planned for birth control in advance and do not
	need to ask while their partner is "uh, preoccupied".

Now hang on a minute here.  From you last sentence, you seem to believe
that the responsibility for birth control among people who are in a
"caring relationship" is that of both people - you assert that they
will have discussed and planned for it.  So why is it solely the
responsibility of the woman if she "sleeps around"?  Why shouldn't the
man "bother to ask"?  Has he no responsibility at all?  I don't believe
that it's necessary for a woman who "sleeps around" to take all the
responsibility for birth control.  If she chooses to, fine.  However,
it should also be sufficient for her to entirely avoid any men who believe
that the man has no responsibility, and discuss the subject individually
with the rest.

	Dave Martindale