![]() ![]() The most important thing to remember is that behind every procedure, there is a real human person with a life more complex than any outsider can know. There are countless reasons why a person might choose to get an abortion, and all of them are good enough. So where is the legislation for men? Why do less than one percent of perpetrators of sexual assault ever spend a day in jail? How can a child go eighteen years without their mother ever receiving a child support payment? And why are men considered “real men” for having sex with women, but those same women are labeled whores? People are not running around impregnating themselves, yet the conversation always comes back to the morality and restriction of people with uteruses, never the ones who carry the seed. If someone has consented, the man bears 50% of the responsibility, and if she didn’t, that percentage goes up. One question that came up again and again during this production was “Where are the men?” The new Texas legislation targets people receiving abortion services, but those lawsuits do not apply to the men involved. Because administrations may change, but this war continues. It is heartbreaking to be here again, advocating for empathy and battling shame, but it’s necessary. Then, when Texas approved SB8, I knew it was time to pull the script back off the shelf, and all before it really had any time to collect dust. I packed it away as a proud memory, one that would dim as years passed. After we staged You Know Me in 2019, I had hoped it would be the last time. ![]()
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