Ejaculate Responsibly
A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion
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Publisher Description
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America.
In a series of 28 brief arguments, Blair deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women’s bodies and instead directs the focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Highly readable, accessible, funny, and unflinching, Blair builds her argument by walking readers through the basics of fertility (men are 50 times more fertile than women), the unfair burden placed on women when it comes to preventing pregnancy (90% of the birth control market is for women), the wrongheaded stigmas around birth control for men (condoms make sex less pleasurable, vasectomies are scary and emasculating), and the counterintuitive reality that men, who are fertile 100% of the time, take little to no responsibility for preventing pregnancy.
The result is a compelling and convincing case for placing the responsibility—and burden—of preventing unwanted pregnancies away from women and onto men.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this witty and cogent account, parenting blogger Blair (Design Mom) aims to "change the discourse" around abortion by pointing out that "99 percent of abortions are the result of unwanted pregnancies, and men cause all unwanted pregnancies." In her 28-point argument for why the focus should shift from women's bodies to men's responsibilities, Blair notes that women produce fertile eggs for 24 hours per month, while men's sperm is fertile "every single second of every single day"; that condoms are more available, easier to use, and have fewer side effects than hormonal birth control; and that women in the U.S. feel societal pressure to prioritize a man's pleasure over their own safety and autonomy. Blair also argues that pregnancy is not a "risk-free adventure" (700 to 900 women die from pregnancy and childbirth-related causes in the U.S. each year) and that adoption is not an easy alternative to abortion. Her plan for "stopping irresponsible ejaculations" includes destigmatizing condom use and vasectomies, fact-based sex ed, and "holding politicians accountable" for supporting policies that reduce unwanted pregnancies. Flashes of acerbic humor and eye-opening statistics bolster Blair's common-sense case. This polemic has the power to change minds.
