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This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

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Re: This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

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Post by alexanderss »

WalterSear wrote: post #8
mjwhansen wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She actually explains it in the article: - The nearest Planned Parenthood is 3 hours away - The college she attends has free condoms, but most people in poverty aren't college students - Low-cost medical clinics/clinics with sliding scales still have a co-pay - Sleeping with someone makes you feel valued and is free way to make yourself feel better, if only for an hour The last point is something that many middle cla…

You don't put it in if you don't want babies. People equate this with not having any sex, which is simply inane.

So every time you "put it in," you are trying to make a baby? Poor people also know about the different kinds of sex acts available to humans, I'm not sure if you're a virgin, trolling, or just don't understand how human biology works.

Re: This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

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Post by alexanderss »

WalterSear wrote: post #9
Borogravia wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody ever explains why people comment before reading articles, yet here we are.

I read the article yesterday. If you don't want kids, FFS, don't put it in. Don't pretend 'you were just doing the best you could'. It's not like you have to give up sex.

The failure of abstinence-only advice and education is extremely well documented and transcends class and race.

Re: This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

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Post by dragonwriter »

WalterSear wrote: post #2

No one ever explains why having children in poverty makes perfect sense. It's not that unavoidable either.

> No one ever explains why having children in poverty makes perfect sense.

Because in societies with weak social support networks, your children are your old-age/disability/etc. support system. That's why there's a pretty clear inverse relationship between strength of social support networks and birth rate. (Its why the developed world generally has lower birthrates than the developing world, and why within the developed world, the US has a higher birthrate than many other countries.)

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Post by EpicEng »

WalterSear wrote: post #9
Borogravia wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nobody ever explains why people comment before reading articles, yet here we are.

I read the article yesterday. If you don't want kids, FFS, don't put it in. Don't pretend 'you were just doing the best you could'. It's not like you have to give up sex.

Yes, because that approach has been shown to be effective in the past, right? Oh, no, never? Never ever? Perhaps you just need to say it more often.

Re: This Is Why Poor People's Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense

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Post by stochastica »

alexanderss wrote: post #12
WalterSear wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read the article yesterday. If you don't want kids, FFS, don't put it in. Don't pretend 'you were just doing the best you could'. It's not like you have to give up sex.

The failure of abstinence-only advice and education is extremely well documented and transcends class and race.

Ughhh, white-privileged cishets opposing social justice for multiculturalists? Tan tipico...
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