What systems of support out of curiosity? I'm legit asking.
You're kidding right? You have no knowledge of the things like Planned Parenthood, which tries to provide women with access to contraceptives, gynecological care, etc?
The courts allowing companies to deny various forms of medical coverage to their employees (things like birth control) due to religious beliefs, forcing them to pay for it out of their own pocket, when they are often on very limited income anyway.
Other things like various programs on more local levels, of groups trying to provide contraceptives to teenagers, since they are the highest risk group, being shut down by religious shitbags. Basically any and every form of sex education, that promotes anything other than abstinence, is, and has been a target for conservative action groups, and shut down, usually by passing religiously based laws, shoving their christ down our throats and women's vaginas.
Like do we need sex classes to tell people that babies happen when you cum inside girls? Is that not clear to people?
NO! It's NOT clear to a lot of people! Because there are parent and religious groups that actively push to prevent ANY discussion of stuff like that in schools, and so the kids know none of the actual facts about sex and reproduction. They're often fed some religious BS about sin and other nonsense crap that has no actual use related to sex education, and then they are at a loss on what to do, and where they can go for help, when they are suddenly facing their own raging hormones, and a irrepressible urge to satisfy those hormones. I think you are incredibly clueless about just how fucking stupid and ignorant a LOT of people in the US are, particularly in states that are fundamentally christian, like texas. I live in Alabama, and I've had people talk to me, and illustrating their complete lack of understanding of shit you and I probably learned in the 3rd fucking grade. Basic shit, and without fail, from my experience, these people are hyper religious, and think that the bible is all you need to guide you through life, and they base their entire outlook (and voting habits) off of this.
Should we expect a system that just mails out free condoms to people because they can't figure they should use them? When I was in high school several girls got knocked up because the dudes didn't WANT to wear the condoms. It had nothing to do with how difficult it was to get ahold of them.
And yet there are entire COUNTRIES who allow access to contraceptives, just like that, and it works just fine. And yes, peer pressure, when the woman is ignorant of things like just how ovulation and pregnancy works, and also slut shaming, are a big problem. But you know what doesn't help with that? Religious idiots convincing the girls it's their fault for being whores of babylon, and that their virtue is now lost, and other shit. Part of sex education, is about teaching women to feel empowered about their own bodies, and NOT giving in to shit like some douchebag who probably told her it's ok to not use a condom, as *insert some random BS reason that might sound right*, but how the fuck is the girl going to know, because she never had sex ed classes based on scientific fact. But giving the girls, and the boys, the ACTUAL knowledge, and access to the supplies, REDUCES the risk and frequency of unwanted pregnancies, and STD's. Pretending it's all just going to work itself out, which is the conservative stance on it, accomplishes the exact opposite.
Like you can teach people about safe sex all you want, but so long as the natural way feels better people will do it that way.
....yes...because clearly NOBODY is responsible enough to take a bit of pleasure for the team, and use protection. I don't fucking get you sometimes. You speak in complete absolutes all the time. You talk about shit like this, and it's responses that boil down to "well 100% of people will/won't do this so it's pointless!" when the reality is that, yes, none of these methods are 100% effective, but they ARE effective at reducing the overall problems they are addressing. So to say "yeah well I knew 3 dumb chicks in school that still fucked without condoms and got pregnant, so clearly condoms don't prevent teen pregnancy" is stupid bordering on pathological. It also ignores the likely dozens of girls who weren't dumb, who DID use condoms, and didn't get pregnant. A number that is at risk of becoming much smaller, due to the actions of the religious conservatives.
Then of course there is religion teaching girls that the pill is a fucking sin which is another stupid thing religion does.
Religion also does all the above shit in this thread, and more. It's ALL religiously based, and is entirely purity culture bullshit. Don't teach kids about sex, it will lead to sin. Don't give them access to contraceptives, it will lead to sin. Just tell them they will be sinners if they do this stuff, and that will totes be enough to keep all the good little kids in line. And when they invariably don't live up to this unrealistic religious standard? Well they were bad from the start, sinful kids anyway, and we can wash our hands of them and their problems. They are living in sin, so we're justified in treating them like shit (even though we were already doing that anyway). That's basically the conservative party line for decades on this subject.
You know what? Now that i think about it.....can we ban religion? I think that would work out better for everyone.
More and more every day, I'd fucking love to.
