What do you think of this story presented by Barbara Walters on 20/20 about a man that is not only pregnant, but pregnant for the second time?
He successfully gave birth to a little girl last spring after being in labor for 40 hours. He did NOT have a caesarian, it was a natural child birth.
Now he is pregnant again.
Link to story
http://abcnews.go.com/…alth/story
These last few days since the election I have seen many many people showing their strong support for gay rights. Prop 8 in California has proven to be a lightning rod in that it ultimately and decisively showed Americans as bigots just at the moment in time when we were crooning over our ability to show our selves as not being racists by electing Barack Obama. Its hard to rejoice over a victory at the hands of a defeat.
Yet this story about a pregnant man pushes the envelope and the bounds of our societies perceptions, taboos, gender roles and much more.
Are we headed to a society where anyone man or woman can become pregnant, carry a baby to term and deliver a baby successfully?
Are we heading to a society where anyone can marry anyone else and in any number or combination?
Do we really need to maintain societal norms of 1 man for 1 woman no matter what?
We've seen divorce enter societal acceptance, witnessed trans racial marriages, witnessed trans ethnic marriages, witnessed arranged marriages, witnessed poligamy and bigamy and monogamy is this particular story all that different? Or is it just another step in our journey?
He successfully gave birth to a little girl last spring after being in labor for 40 hours. He did NOT have a caesarian, it was a natural child birth.
Now he is pregnant again.
Link to story
http://abcnews.go.com/…alth/story
These last few days since the election I have seen many many people showing their strong support for gay rights. Prop 8 in California has proven to be a lightning rod in that it ultimately and decisively showed Americans as bigots just at the moment in time when we were crooning over our ability to show our selves as not being racists by electing Barack Obama. Its hard to rejoice over a victory at the hands of a defeat.
Yet this story about a pregnant man pushes the envelope and the bounds of our societies perceptions, taboos, gender roles and much more.
Are we headed to a society where anyone man or woman can become pregnant, carry a baby to term and deliver a baby successfully?
Are we heading to a society where anyone can marry anyone else and in any number or combination?
Do we really need to maintain societal norms of 1 man for 1 woman no matter what?
We've seen divorce enter societal acceptance, witnessed trans racial marriages, witnessed trans ethnic marriages, witnessed arranged marriages, witnessed poligamy and bigamy and monogamy is this particular story all that different? Or is it just another step in our journey?
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