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For starters, your position that men rape women because women have all the power is beyond absurd. Rape has been used a subjugating tool against women for as long as humans and their genitals have been around while women have only gained some semblance of equality within the last century. Rape is also still either accepted or tolerated in those societiess that do not give women equal rights. You are right that rape is about power. However, it's about demonstrating power over women. Historically, when men want to acquire power over other men, the traditional method has been revolution or war, not rape.
Second, your primary concern here is that women have all the power over reproduction. Yes, unfortunately, men and women have different bodies, meaning that only women can give birth. However, I think that if you took the time to actually get to know a woman, you would find that most women do not want this power all for their own. Raising a child should be a choice made by two individuals who love each other and want to share that love with another generation. Why make it about "power?" I suspect that if you took the time to re-direct your abundant anger at the task of finding a woman who would want to share this experience with you, you could acquire some "power" of your own.
Finally, maybe your problem with a woman's "power" over reproduction isn't with the result, but is rather with the process. Your comment about having a vagina installed so that you can tease men with it reflects this possibility. Thus, it seems as if you are angry because more women don't want to have sex with you. Newsflash! Despite reports to the contrary, women cannot have sex whenever and wherever they want to. I, a woman, have, in fact, been rejected in that regards more than once, but you don't find me all over some internet message board bitching about it. Maybe the woman you are attracted to don't find your angry, bitter, misogynistic attitude repulsive.
