Not your standard issue late twenty-something's blog.

Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Nipple.

I'm having a big titty week again. Sadly, big titty weeks only accentuate the lopsided nature of my boobies. Or, rather my scoliosis (sp?) that makes me a little crooked, which may cause the lopsided boobies. If you're a fan of "Arrested Development," and I hope you are, you're well aware of Kitty's titties, which, once enhanced . . .well, let's just say one nip was one place and the other was completely not on the same level. My boobies are much the same.

Onto more pressing issues. There has, it seems, been a rash of violence against children in New York as of late. Finger-pointing appears to be the MO . . is it the Administration of Child Service's fault? Parents are either beating their kids to death, or unwed mothers are allowing their boyfriends (not the fathers of their children) to abuse their kids or unwed mothers are allowing their children to starve or freeze to death. In one horrible instance cited recently from ten years ago, one drug addicted mother forced her beautiful little daughter to eat her own feces after starving her.

In the news, folks seem to be blaming the ACS. I think they're missing the mark a bit. Why not question why there are so many impoverished unwed mothers with so many children living in NYC? Why not, rather than point fingers and assign blame to public officials . . . question where the fathers of these children are? Why aren't the couples using condoms? What is to be gained by having unprotected sex and raising children without a father in New York City, one of the most expensive cities in the country? Why are we removing the onus of personal accountability from the mothers and fathers themselves? Why is it up to a public official to determine the welfare of our children? Use a condom or don't fuck. If you get knocked up, you have options: adoption, abortion . . . Why is the public so afraid to admit it? We have to address SEX. Having it, not having it, birth control, the risks . . . We have to address SELF-ESTEEM. Are these women scared of losing their men? Is that why they agree to unprotected sex? Why do these women stay with men who abuse them and their babies and then, after they're both convicted for killing a child, why does the woman forgive her man and profess her love for him after he killed her daughter (not his)? Why, after having one fatherless child, do some women go on to have another five, often with different men? Are they scared that they'll never get married? Do they feel so unloved that they need to keep having more babies to love them since their man has fled?

Are we scared that by bringing up these questions we might step into the murky dangerous waters of race and socioeconomics? Without investigating the root of the problem, we will continue to treat and bury its victims.

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