Originally posted by John Lambert:
I guess my view is that he should have considered that Lois might be pregnant.
Did Jor-El / Lara (I can't remember who he talks to in SM-II) tell him that he would be "human" or just "essentially human without any powers" once he went through the process he goes through before he sleeps with Lois in the Fortress? If not, then he could still be under the mistaken belief that because they are from two different planets such a birth would be impossible (Of course, the mini-series "V: The Visitors" proved that it is was.
). It's been of my observation that most stereotypical men in the 1970s didn't take pregnancy into account / their thought process during or after sex unless hit over the head with the reality of what, biologically, sex leads to... i.e. children. (SM:TM and SM-II were essentially 1970s movies, despite SM-II being released in 1980. They were both written and filmed in the 70s, which was during the height of the pre-AIDS and free-sex-for-all era.) Yes, I know, Superman is supposed to be better than that, but he did have not only a one-night-stand of premarital sex with Lois, he erased her mind of the knowledge afterwards. So, the ideal man he clearly isn't.
Also, I guess I think he lacks any compelling reason to leave.
It is overall just a horrible setup.
That's a given. My explanation was given under the guise that SM had a compelling reason to make his stupid trip.
