Comments on: Penises and Proselytes http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/30/penises-and-proselytes/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Anonymous http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/07/30/penises-and-proselytes/#comment-22497 Anonymous Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:09:26 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2902#comment-22497 The thing that struck me most about the O.S. Card article wasn't homophobia or lack of empathy - he seemed to be rather more empathic than most anti-gay-marriage types actually, didn't talk about sin or "homosexuality is a choice" or anything - it was his obvious prejudices about women. It's not surprising that he would think that way, considering he's a Mormon, but it was a little bit disheartening nonetheless. Misogyny simply dripped: single mothers hold contempt for marriage, but unmarried fathers are to be excused because they're following their natural instincts; and those fathers are victims, and the mothers victimizers, because they force the father to help pay for the children without also guaranteeing that their bodies will be available to the man for the rest of their foreseeable lives (since no fault divorce is unacceptable to Mr. Card). Never mind that those single mothers are both working and parenting full time, usually for a lower salary than the father. Though I found it interesting that Mr Card seemed to indicate that it would have been better if they had aborted rather than being single parents - I wonder what he would say if you asked him? Not that I don't think his arguments against gay marriage are ridiculous, but one tends to notice what applies to oneself, hey? The thing that struck me most about the O.S. Card article wasn’t homophobia or lack of empathy - he seemed to be rather more empathic than most anti-gay-marriage types actually, didn’t talk about sin or “homosexuality is a choice” or anything - it was his obvious prejudices about women. It’s not surprising that he would think that way, considering he’s a Mormon, but it was a little bit disheartening nonetheless. Misogyny simply dripped: single mothers hold contempt for marriage, but unmarried fathers are to be excused because they’re following their natural instincts; and those fathers are victims, and the mothers victimizers, because they force the father to help pay for the children without also guaranteeing that their bodies will be available to the man for the rest of their foreseeable lives (since no fault divorce is unacceptable to Mr. Card). Never mind that those single mothers are both working and parenting full time, usually for a lower salary than the father. Though I found it interesting that Mr Card seemed to indicate that it would have been better if they had aborted rather than being single parents - I wonder what he would say if you asked him?

Not that I don’t think his arguments against gay marriage are ridiculous, but one tends to notice what applies to oneself, hey?

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