after your most convincing argument, no I don't think any women should ever be held accountable for her actions.....my bad.

"the option of single parenthood ("So if you really want a baby, just have a baby! And maybe that will free you up to have real love”)"

Yes, who cares if the child doesn't get a father, as long as mom get's what she wants, everyone's happy, right ? (assuming government provided healthcare and childcare)

"the need for men to take equal responsibility in fertility ("They need to be considerate about their girlfriend or fiancee or wife’s fertility, and they should known that their fertility declines with age, too, albeit not as drastically as women’s")"

What is this, 1950 ? If your having a problem finding a man with these sensitivities, I suggest YOU are doing something wrong. This reeks of misandry.

"and the phenomenon of "instant families" (typically formed when a couple in their waning years of fertility "meet, marry and have a kid within two years," sometimes leading to "instant divorces")"

Again, is there anyone that thinks this is reasonable? The bigger problem is the complete lack of respect for a child's right to be raised by both biological parents. If you have kids, it's for better or worse.....not when it is no longer convenient for mom. Why is that feminists think mom's rights trump dad and child's rights ?

Reading through the letters it becomes pretty clear that there are nuts on both sides of this issue. It so hard to decide which side is crazier...left or right ?

This post is more about Rebecca Traister's insecurities than it is a legitimate critique of the referenced article.

The problem is you have no credibility. Who cares if you pay too much attention or too little attention to what is happening outside our borders, when your whole movement is based on a phony premise, no one listens. Until feminists can have an honest discussion without using falsehoods and straw men to advance their agenda, no one cares. From domestic violence to the gender pay gap, from rape to family court, from childhood education to college enrollment, feminism is built on a pile of lies and misinformation. You have only minor support in this country, do you think anyone outside our borders care what american feminists think ?

Jeez....and here I thought that speculative potential was exactly what was used for drug trafficking sentences. Is there a modern legal system anywhere that doesn't use the potential for harm as a basis for sentencing? This woman, like many before her, got caught with a large quantity of a very bad drug. Can someone remind me why I should feel sorry for her ? Because, maybe it wasn't her fault ?...or maybe she got raped somehow, or maybe.....she's a woman ?

I guess since Ruth Bader Ginsburg is clearly liberal, what Joan is really saying is we need a conservative women nominated for the court, so it really starts to look like America. Oh snap, conservative women aren't really women (as defined by Joan's feminist echo chamber)...my bad.

This article is naive to think Democrats will vote like a block of progressives. The 60 votes will certainly help on some issues, but there are plenty of moderate democrats in the Senate (and the electorate) who disagree with many of the left wing initiatives....especially on scope. I suspect those differences will be enough to keep the far left howling throughout the Obama era. It may surprise the author and many hardcore liberals to learn many of us Democrats who voted for Obama did not do so because we hoped for a Pelosi agenda....Sorry.

Couldn't disagree with you more about phase II. The sensible center still control elections and that includes folks both left and right of bill clinton. Republicans were swept into power by capturing the middle class, middle of the road centrists and were swept out of power by alienating the same. Obama was not elected based on his liberal philosophy, but as a change agent that represented anybody but Bush (McCain). The way I see it is in the electorate, there are 35% left wing nutjobs, 35% right wing nutjobs, and 30% in the middle that can go either way. If republicans recognize the folly of social policies that alienate the middle....they will be back in full force in 2012....or maybe 2016.

I am shocked that Kenyan women would use sexual gatekeeping as a means for male manipulation. Thank god that would never happen in the US, especially by our holier than thou feminists. snicker.

Your venom is only surpassed by your ignorance. 52% minority anyone ?

People like to receive the benefits of more spending.....but people also dislike deficits....finally ! So as the deficits and the national debt pile up, this will come back to the fore front. This is one of the major initiatives that swept the republicans into office in '94. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Feminism is an ideology which politically, is nothing more than a special interest group for a small subset of white middle class liberal women. Goal: More money and services from the government and more pay and less work from business. Great work if you can get it.

Wow...that's some twisted logic. Women have the right to choose because it's their body. So unless you want to allow men to share in that right, I suggest you stick to helping women prevent their body from becoming pregnant.