I won’t address the first part of your post; I think it is largely correct. We are, after all, responsible for our own actions.
However, for the second part, I don’t think that anyone is even remotely trying to claim the equivalency you’re describing above. It’s most definitely a straw man argument.
If nothing else, the first claim should read more properly as “Person A is hurt because they have become legally responsible for a new human being and half of all associated costs and maintenance for that new human being for a period of no less than 21 years, in a situation where person A is not responsible for the creation of said new human being.”
After all, we are responsible for our own actions. Not necessarily those of someone else.
(Side note: the ‘control of sexual access’ part doesn’t make any sense, other than to construct a strawman. I don’t understand at all why you felt that to be a legitimate argument or position.)
If nothing else, the first claim should read more properly as “Person A is hurt because they have become legally responsible for a new human being and half of all associated costs and maintenance for that new human being for a period of no less than 21 years, in a situation where person A is not responsible for the creation of said new human being.”
Comparing the best-case scenario outcome of one thing with the worst-case scenario outcome of another thing sounds disingenuous to me.
If you (generic “you”) must compare being raped to being cuckolded, you don’t get to compare the least bad case of the former (“gentle, silent rape” of an unconscious woman leading to no physical injury, no STD, no pregnancy, and no memory) with one of the worst possible outcomes for the latter (your wife gets pregnant, gives birth to a child, and you never find out it’s not yours until you’ve spent a bajillion dollars).
(I wish I could downvote myself.)
Edit: from the upvotes and the asterisk, it looks like I had already submitted the comment hours ago and was editing it, as opposed to being composing it in the first place. I don’t remember what the original submitted version looked like.
I won’t address the first part of your post; I think it is largely correct. We are, after all, responsible for our own actions.
However, for the second part, I don’t think that anyone is even remotely trying to claim the equivalency you’re describing above. It’s most definitely a straw man argument.
If nothing else, the first claim should read more properly as “Person A is hurt because they have become legally responsible for a new human being and half of all associated costs and maintenance for that new human being for a period of no less than 21 years, in a situation where person A is not responsible for the creation of said new human being.”
After all, we are responsible for our own actions. Not necessarily those of someone else.
(Side note: the ‘control of sexual access’ part doesn’t make any sense, other than to construct a strawman. I don’t understand at all why you felt that to be a legitimate argument or position.)
Comparing the best-case scenario outcome of one thing with the worst-case scenario outcome of another thing sounds disingenuous to me.
What does this have to do with the quoted point?
Trigger warning: comparisons involving rape
If you (generic “you”) must compare being raped to being cuckolded, you don’t get to compare the least bad case of the former (“gentle, silent rape” of an unconscious woman leading to no physical injury, no STD, no pregnancy, and no memory) with one of the worst possible outcomes for the latter (your wife gets pregnant, gives birth to a child, and you never find out it’s not yours until you’ve spent a bajillion dollars).
(I wish I could downvote myself.)
Edit: from the upvotes and the asterisk, it looks like I had already submitted the comment hours ago and was editing it, as opposed to being composing it in the first place. I don’t remember what the original submitted version looked like.