Scientific Breakthrough: Female Pregnant!
I shouldn’t have to point this out, but for everyone so intrigued by this so-called “pregnant man,” let me be clear: there is no such thing. Thomas Beatie is not a man, Thomas Beatie is a woman. Period.
Now, far be it from me to deny anyone the right to identify with whatever sex they wish to identify. And, of course, it is anyone’s constitutional right to call themselves whatever they want (within reason; you cannot say you’re a police officer if you aren’t, for example). And I have no problem with Thomas Beatie having a child with another woman and raising it as though they were a typical nuclear family. I don’t have a problem with any of this. The only problem I have is with people somehow being so astonished and shocked.
So, let’s make a few things clear: boys have a penis; girls have a vagina. Every kindergartener knows this. Thomas Beatie has all the female reproductive organs and none of the male reproductive organs. Just because you take testosterone and grow a beard doesn’t make you a male from an anatomical point of view. If you want to call yourself a dude, be my guest. And if you can convince a state government to call you a male when you’re really a female, well, more power to you. But for the public to marvel at the spectacle of a “male pregnancy” betrays a depressing ignorance of science.
Filed under: Current Events, Health, Rantings on April 6th, 2008
I am so glad someone else feels this way. Except I don’t understand why someone would call herself a male but say that she didn’t have a sex change yet because she wanted to have a child. Isn’t that essentially the epitome of being a woman- the ability to bear children? That’s just my thought. But I agree. Pregnant man, no. Pregnant woman who feels she’s a man, yes.