And that’s the essence of many social issues: if a society doesn’t cherish the realities of reproduction, it can’t last because there won’t be enough to sustain & continue it. Alas, bring up that point and you get ostracized...red alert...
Red Alert!
All us wimmin’ folk will jis stay home here and have babies while all you big, strong men go off and fight the wars. Oh, yes, we’ll defend ourselves while you’re gone, cos some of us are pretty damn good with a gun, and fight like wildcats. And we do not fight fair. But that’s ok, you go off and us brood mares will just sit here. And we’ll fix the tractors, put up the hay, keep the coyote population down, ...you know, all that stuff we shouldn’t be able to do cos we are shorter and thinner than you. And when you get home, you’ll see we did just fine without you. Right down to fixin’ the truck! Which isn’t to say that we don’t need you or want you, it’s to say that we can take care of ourselves, our family and our property. but then, we’re just girls, right?