Nov 19 2008
Pregnant Man a Myth!
OK, so I could dress up in a suit and tie, cut my hair, take some hormones, scratch my butt in public and call myself a man. I could not however produce sperm which joins with an egg to create life, nor would I be anatomically correct, or even a legally accepted member of the male human species. Calling myself a man, would therefore not make me a member of the male population, just a wannabe man. As long as I have all my female bits and pieces, I’m officially a woman.
If this is a logical argument, then I have to wonder if the amount of starving children in the US (1 child in 8 in the US doesn’t have enough to eat according to CNN.com yesterday), the global climate, the various wars on terror and civil rights, the fact that children are on trial because they committed murder, not to mention the economic crisis that seems to be affecting almost every sector of society around the world, is too much for the journalists to handle! Have they given up? Was the election so consuming of energy that they are no longer able to tell us about what’s really happening around the world? And if not, why oh why are we constantly hearing and reading headlines about the pregnant man being pregnant again? Even with a piece of paper saying that the person is male, if he still has a working female reproductive system, that means that in someways he is still a she. It may just naming words, but physically, when it comes down to the nitty gritty a “man” doesn’t have the right physical system at this time to become physically pregnant.
Hello people? This wasn’t even news worthy first time around. The “man” is living as a man but is technically still a woman or the pregnancy wouldn’t be possible. There’s nothing at all new about the fact that a woman is pregnant. Nothing! It’s so old news it literally goes back to the beginning of life. Even in the transgender world, I doubt that this is even unique. For some reason however it has sparked some form of frenzied voyeurism within the media and I have to say I’m tired of hearing about it. The headlines proclaiming “Pregnant Man” are almost as newsworthy as those that proclaim “Abominable Snowman Found!” “Big Foot Alive and Well in Trump Tower!” and so on.
One day, one beautiful day, scientists may find a way for men to endure the stretch marks, morning sickness and swollen ankles that accompany pregnancy (not to mention labor pains and tear stitches in private places). Until such a wonderful day comes to pass, please keep the pregnancy focus where it is most deserved, on the women, the females, who serve as a one-stop nourish and grow system for the babies they will at some point deliver into the world.
