I read a news story today about a woman who left her one year old son in the bathtub alone, while she was on facebook in the other room. The child of course, drowned and died. I looked at the story and I looked at the picture of the woman and there wasn't any remorse on her face. There wasn't even a hint of sorrow. And I asked myself how could a mother just let her son drown? How could she not value that life? But, not every mother is a good mother. Not every mother is a loving mother. So, of course, that got me thinking........ is every woman programmed to be a mother? Is is something that is inherent in our DNA? Scientifically, I don't know. Culturally and anthropologically, I don't know.
Our world today, is well.... crowded. The advent of cars brought about a new way to expand our population, so of course, we spread out. And when we spread out, we expanded. So, now, our population is huge. But, is it really? Technology also brought about birth control and education. Women are no longer simple breeding machines. And I realize that I am vastly oversimplifying and generalizing. And I'm way off topic. So, back to my original thoughts.
Not every woman is meant to be a mother. So, why are they? I find this thought complex. There is a general attitude that women are simply here to breed children. This thought permeates everyday life. The preaching against birth control, as one. By teaching girls that birth control is wrong, the power and the choice of whether or not to have a child is taken out of their hands. They are now dependent on the will and the actions of the men they are with. Will he use a condom or not? And if he doesn't and she becomes pregnant, now what? Will he stay and be a man? Or will the girl (woman) end up in an impossible situation?
So, then the question becomes can she choose to have the child or not? Well, abortion is murder, right? At least to some moral views. I withhold my opinion for now. So, she is stuck with a pregnancy that she doesn't want and ulitimately a child she doesn't care for. These situations happen all the time. And then, we start seeing stories like the one above. A woman emotionally disconnected enough from her child that she doesn't even care to supervise him in the tub. So what is the solution?
Education, education, education. Wait, let me say it again, education. Subjugating women and judging them for making a decision that is right for them and their lives is wrong. The only way we can fix these problems is education. Our society has become so disconnected from eachother, that we're losing the "clan" mentality. We don't give a shit. Let the single mother live on the streets with her kids. We don't give a fuck. Let the young girl waste all her oppurtunities by getting pregnant and let the boy walk away without consequence. It was her own fault, right? Even though we, as a society, set her up for a fall. She has to deal with her own choices.
We don't give a fuck, right?
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