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"Pregnancy is an extremely contested area of human relationships."

"It?s likely that there are women who try to get pregnant on purpose in order to maintain or change a relationship. But now we can also say that there is another part of this story that we have not paid enough attention to: men?s direct role in promoting pregnancy against women?s wishes. It?s not the only cause of teen pregnancy, but it?s one that we?d managed to miss for a very long time."

Have we really missed this? I thought it was the oldest story in the book ? embodied in the phrase "keep them barefoot and pregnant."

Full post as published by Althouse on May 27, 2010 (boomark / email).