Is it really “pro-life,” though? Don’t you need to care about the kid when born?

That tweet response, and this article, do a good job of underlining the hypocrisy in the whole “pro-life” game (and yes, there’s hypocrisy on both sides). Much like work is largely about control, the pro-life movement is largely about control as well — it’s a trope now to say “of women’s bodies,” but that’s largely what it is. It’s the need for control over women — the whole “You’re not ready at home with a cocktail anymore? You have a life of your own?” thing scares people — and it falls into the “existing world vs. encroaching world” narrative shaping much of modernity. Women with power and options terrifies a lot of men — hell, men are generally terrified of women, TBH — and all you need to do is look at the affluent subdivisions around you for proof of this.

The national stat on “mother doesn’t work outside the home” is about 20–25%. In affluent subdivisions, it’s usually 75–80%. This is the world a lot of white, successful guys do want. I’m painting with a broad brush, but they want to be warriors at work, heroes at home, warriors in the bedroom, and generally “in control” of everything. In reality, a lot of them are needle-dicks who couldn’t manage or “warrior” their way out of a paper bag. But eh.

I’m not saying “war on men” or “cancel all men.” We need dudes. They serve a…