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Gabrielle Blair is a New York Times bestselling author who has some thoughts on unplanned pregnancy and which person is responsible.
Blair created a now-viral thread with 60+ follow-up tweets, explaining in detail why men are responsible for all unplanned pregnancies.
I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I’ve been listening to men grandstand about women’s reproductive rights, and I’m convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here’s why…
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
Yep, she said ALL and she did not stutter. If you read through them, you’ll be on her side.
She argues that all pregnancies are caused by irresponsible ejaculations, which…. drumroll please… falls on men.
But ALL unwanted pregnancies are caused by the irresponsible ejaculations of men. Period. Don’t believe me? Let me walk you through it. Let’s start with this: women can only get pregnant about 2 days each month. And that’s for a limited number of years.
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
In fact, it is much more difficult for women to get pregnant than it is for men to get someone pregnant — assuming they are not facing infertility challenges.
And though their sperm gets crappier as they age, men can cause unwanted pregnancies from puberty till death. So just starting with basic biology + the calendar it’s easy to see men are the issue here.
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
We’ll give you a moment to think about this information.
OK, moving on.
While birth control is a life-changing modern development, it can cause some rough side effects for some people.
Modern birth control is possibly the greatest invention of the last century, and I am very grateful for it. It’s also brutal. The side effects for many women are ridiculously harmful. So ridiculous, that when an oral contraception for men was created, it wasn’t approved…
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
Not only that, but it’s not that accessible.
In fact there are many people trying to make it more expensive by fighting to make sure insurance companies refuse to cover it. Oral contraceptives for women can’t be acquired easily, or at the last minute. And they don’t work instantly.
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
Meanwhile, cisgender men only need to use condoms as their birth control method.
Men can keep them stocked up just in case, so they’re always prepared. Amazing! They are so much easier than birth control options for women. As a bonus, in general, women love when men use condoms. They keep us from getting STDs, they don’t lessen our pleasure during sex…
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
But, as any cis-hetero woman will tell you, some men often throw temper tantrums the moment “condom” is uttered.
Oh. I remember. Men _don’t_ love condoms. In fact, men frequently pressure women to have sex without a condom. And it’s not unheard of for men to remove the condom during sex, without the women’s permission or knowledge. (Pro-tip: That’s assault.) https://t.co/c2HHjkbx6G
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
Blair then explains exactly how messed up this thinking is.
What are we talking about here pleasure-wise? If there’s a pleasure scale, with pain beginning at zero and going down into the negatives, a back-scratch falling at 5, and an orgasm without a condom being a 10, where would sex _with_ a condom fall? Like a 7 or 8?
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
Now keep in mind, for the truly condom-averse, men also have a non-condom, always-ready birth control built right in, called the pull out. It’s not perfect, and it’s a favorite joke, but it is also 96% effective. https://t.co/WnpSadRtRs
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
And shared that some men won’t even practice the pull-out method for the same reason they won’t use condoms.
Well, again, apparently it’s _slightly_ more pleasurable to climax inside a vagina than, say, on their partner’s stomach. So men are willing to risk the life, health and well-being of women, in order to experience a tiny bit more pleasure for like 5 seconds during orgasm.
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
A cis male’s orgasm is the only orgasm that can cause pregnancy. Blair states that no matter how much a cis woman orgasms, it will never cause pregnancy.
What this means is a women can be the sluttliest slut in the entire world who loves having orgasms all day long and all night long and she will never find herself with an unwanted pregnancy unless a man shows up and ejaculates irresponsibly.
— Gabrielle Blair (@designmom) September 13, 2018
You can view the entire thread here.
