Reply #12: I saw some bad stuff....and not everyone lived to be happy [View All]

DemBones... It was an awful time for many females. Either the "shot gun" wedding, the "back alley abortion," or shunted away to the "homes" where you disappeared and left the baby and then tried to go back to your "old life." The shame was never on the father...it was on the female for "getting in trouble."

I've avoided the threads about this...even though I'm female. But, women were not okay before abortion was legalized. And, even today...it's the female who takes the birth control, or has the abortion, the adoption or the child. At least abortion evened the odds a bit for the young, the very poor, the raped, the innocent.

I would never want things to go back to the way they were before..

And...you are one of my favorite posters on DU..so I'm just making this as a comment. I don't discuss this...because what I saw has stayed with me my whole life...and I can't get into arguments about it, because I'm convinced...so it wouldn't do any good...

Peace!