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by Davidadelong on 05:35 PM March 20th, 2006 EST (#1)
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I don't like it because it removes the necessity of the Family unit. Both biological Parents need to be involved in the raising of their own Children. If she can't find a man that is willing to live their life with her to raise Children, there just might be a valid reason. Biological Parents have been proven to have insight into their Children, this kind of situation just encourages the feeling of "ownership" over their Children that is part of our current problem. "Brave New World" men being forced to give their sperm to sperm banks so that the slave owners can pick a donor for "their" Child. Maybe a little far fetched I admit, but so has a lot of things that have happened in my short life time so far. The farther we get away from nature the closer we become to drones. Just another way to exclude the Male from the natural process, some People would do anything for money.....Just a thought. I suppose this Guys ego is really huge, I wonder how he will feel if all the Kids that he sired through a test tube look him up when they reach eighteen, and how he will handle that situation? Gee, no different than the many Women out there that have Children for money, but the system encourages them.
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by brotherskeeper on 09:21 PM March 20th, 2006 EST (#2)
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Notice the following:
"Shelby's son is part of a population of kids that is only now beginning to be studied, though a 1992 survey of teenagers raised by single mothers found that they experienced markedly fewer adolescent problems than children of divorce. A continuing study of a group of children in England, now 2, who were conceived by single women using donor sperm concludes that so far they are healthy and well adjusted. But the long-term questions of how these children will fare or about the different experiences of girls and boys have yet to be answered."
Nicely constructed false dichotomy. She wouldn't intentionally leave out the fact that children raised by single mothers have significantly more problems than those raised with their mother and father, would she? Nah!
Notice, also, how, indirectly, it's really the MEN's fault. To be perfectly honest, a man that outright says he doesn't want kids is far more honest and valuable to society (in that he didn't have kids just to fulfill himself) than most of these women.
This article is about Me, Me, and also, ME!
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There was a segment on, I think, 60 Minutes yesterday on sperm bank siblings -- all these half-brothers and sisters whose mothers all chose the same guy, crossed paths, discovered the connection, etc... It was rather weird.
I've never really gotten much traction from others for the idea that the men's movement should really lobby/enlighten men to not go to sperm banks for anonymous donation. As if we don't have enough concerns as it is. And after all it's a semi-free country... But the guys only get about $50 and there are probably half a dozen good reasons I can think of why it should be discouraged. I'm not talking about all advanced reproductive technologies, only anonymous donation.
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The NYTimes seems to be on this issue fairly regularly. It's a long read but worth the review. My own take is that a lot of things are contributing to the phenomenon, not just the vastly-reduced status of men in our society or even just the perceived importance of fathers in the lives of children, though obviously these are major factors. Anyway, read it