BellaOnline Forums Relationships Married No Kids Last night's "Boston Legal"

I don't know if any of you are "Boston Legal" fans, but last night's episode involved a case that both DH & I found very intriguing. Here's the situation: There is this flighty, somewhat insane lady who has been on there in the past - she has had some issues here and there that might lead to her being put in a mental home for a while, possibly, but not yet, as far as we know. Anyway, she's in music therapy, where they are advising her to sing whenever she's stressed and approach life as if it were a musical. She is very politically incorrect about different races, ethnicities, religions, etc. However, she met and "fell in love with" an attractive African-American male and after 2 dates, when they hadn't even slept together, she forced herself on him orally and then stole his sperm, without his knowledge - he didn't really like her that much, but she just had her way, and somehow managed to extract his stuff and refrigerate it for a little bit, and then had it implanted into her, which did end up getting her pregnant, because she wanted to have a black baby!

He sued, because he felt that his rights had been violated, and he was a guy that was heavily into charity work and one of his main causes was to help kids with deadbeat dads. He felt like he had no choice in this matter, no even having intercourse with the girl, and that he would end up being a deadbeat dad, which is exactly what he hates and fights against. There were very interesting discussions during the court case, where it was debated whether the crazy lady should be forced to take the RU-486 pill, since she was only 5 weeks along, and whether that constituted abortion, which, according to the law, cannot be forced upon a woman. Alan Shore was arguing for the man, and Shirley Schmidt/Katie (the new young attorney) were arguing for the crazy lady, though they didn't agree with what she did. I found it all very interesting, and I also found it odd that both DH & I were on the side of the man, who was definitely violated, and none of the female characters on the show thought the woman was wrong enough to have to take that pill. We did, but that's not what ended up being the ruling - SPOILER ALERT: the judge, also a woman, found that the crazy lady's actions were dispicable, but there was no way that the court could lawfully force her to abort the fetus, even by taking the RU-486 pill.

Anyway, it was interesting....they pointed out that Roe v. Wade gave women rights to choose what they do with their bodies, but the rights of men when it comes to their bodily fluids and the creation of life have not changed. The title of the episode was "Roe v. Wade: The Musical", and it aired last night, on the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which I thought was cool.

I love Boston Legal, although I don't have TV so I wait for it on DVD. I also totally agree with the man. DH and I often discuss how unfair it is for a man in the whole child issue. They get tricked and don't want the child- too bad. They do want the child be she doesn't- too bad.

Yes, and it's not as if the woman in this case couldn't have just gone to a fertility clinic and purchased some sperm of her own choosing...why she had to use the man she supposedly fell in love with was beyond me. Very unfair, and very dishonest.

Well in the case of a man who does not willingly give up his swimmers, then of course thats outrageous. I think that woman should have been charged with a sexual crime against the man.

However the same can not be said by a man who willingly has sex with someone. If you don't want to worry about having a child, keep it in your pants, use a condom, sleep only with women you know well enough to know they are taking their birth control pills, the posibilities are endless.

I believe men want to be able to sleep around with as much consideration as an alley cat and no responsibility and thats just not reality.

A nice way to put it in a moderate perspective, Lisa, thanks!

Are you from Baton Rouge, LA?

Nope, I'm actually in the St. Louis area now, but I am an LSU alum. GEAUX TIGERS!