While feminist organizations demand equal pay, equal cost for dry cleaning, equal advancement in employment opportunities, and the ever so covenant right to choose, American men are getting screwed. Forced by laws to endure unfair acts of legislation passed as a result of pressure from vociferous organizations such as National Organization for Women and Women’s Environment and Development Organization, the male population should consider, reconsider, and consider again, the consequences of having sex with and marrying a woman before learning the laws that are stacked against them.

There is something fundamentally wrong with “a woman’s right to choose” when it means that a man’s rights are arbitrarily trampled on. I have never understood why when a woman gets pregnant it is demanded of the man to “take care of your responsibility.” What about her responsibility? It is her body, therefore she should be held accountable for protecting it. When she gets pregnant, it is solely her decision to keep the child, give it up for adoption, or abort it. The man has no say in this life altering decision. This is unfair. Especially when there are so many women who purposely get pregnant (after swearing she is using birth control) without the consent and planning of the man.

Anther instance where a man gets the raw end of the deal is when he divorces a woman whom he no longer loves, or who no longer loves him. A 2002 Census Bureau report says that 50 percent of American marriages end in divorce. In the wake of these odds, men need to be cognizant of the devastating penalties for making the mistake of loving a woman and at some point changing his mind. One of which is alimony, that amounts to an unjustifiable form of welfare, courtesy of not a country of 280 million taxpaying citizens, but a man who just wants to move on with his life.

After all of the protesting for equal rights and equal pay, which I am of course in favor of, a divorced woman should be required to get a job and support herself. Unless she contributed 50 percent to the household wealth and income, an ex-wife should not be automatically entitled to “half” of the household assets and her ex-husband’s income, pension, and investments. There are millions of American women who never marry, yet take care of themselves without raking a man through the coals. Immigrants come to this country and make a living for themselves and their families (both here and their homeland.) Why aren’t divorced women held to the same standard? No able body deserves a free ride. We each have a responsibility of contributing to the welfare and wealth of this country.

In defense of men, there should be a law that prevents them from marrying before taking a class and passing tests that they understands that “till death do us part” and "as long as we both shall live" is more often than not, a delusion. Statistics back that up. Part of the curriculum should stress the necessity of a prenuptial agreement that states the couple revisit their vows every 10 years where a postnuptial agreement is signed. This does not mean that he does not “trust” or “love” her. It is simply a protection mechanism due to the fact that the woman he is infatuated with in his 20s is not necessarily the woman he is going to spend the rest of his life with.

If I were a legislator of this state, I would work tirelessly to abolish the current alimony laws, make them more fair and balanced. In the meantime, men should stand up, fight back and demand change.