A fundamental division between conservatives snd liberals, is that conservatives believe that decisions have consequences. Liberals pine for a world free from consequences. Yet another female discovers that accepting gender feminist myth leads to adverse outcomes. Lori Gottlieb , Atlantic [1], experiences buyer’s remorse:
About six months after my son was born, he and I were sitting on a blanket at the park with a close friend and her daughter. It was a sunny summer weekend, and other parents and their kids picnicked nearby-mothers munching berries and lounging on the grass, fathers tossing balls with their giddy toddlers. My friend and I, who, in fits of self-empowerment, had conceived our babies with donor sperm because we hadn’t met Mr. Right yet, surveyed the idyllic scene.
Eugene Volokh, Volokh Conspiracy [2], host a very provocative comments thread. Volokh’s commenter’s are divided on the appropriateness of the term bastard.
Hat tip: Hot Air [3],