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eznfrank - 4/7/08 at 08:36 AM

Why is the "pregnant man" such a big news story???

The worlds first pregnant man gives birth - hang on a minute, this is a woman who has had her breasts removed and taken a few hormone pills. SHE still has a vagina and all the other insidey bits so in my eyes that makes her a woman???

I don't get it???


omega0684 - 4/7/08 at 08:38 AM

that kid is going to be messed up in a big way!


chrsgrain - 4/7/08 at 08:39 AM

legally 'male' according to US law.... which rather makes a mockery of the law I think!

Chris


MikeCapon - 4/7/08 at 08:46 AM

Mr Beatie's obstetrician, Dr Kimberly James, told Oprah Winfrey in April: "This baby is totally healthy. This is what I consider a normal pregnancy."


WTF!


02GF74 - 4/7/08 at 08:48 AM

How dare you mock and belittle the medical science involved to produce this miracle.


Mr Whippy - 4/7/08 at 08:51 AM

There was that guy who had his twin growing inside him for years, I think in his abdomen, all rather nasty.


smart51 - 4/7/08 at 08:54 AM

The mother is a woman not a man. She was born a woman and is still a woman internally, despite cosmetic surgery and hormone treatments. To call the story a man giving birth is just wrong, but then what do you expect from journalists?


Mr Whippy - 4/7/08 at 08:57 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
How dare you mock and belittle the medical science involved to produce this miracle.


It would be a sad day for Christians if this was considered a miracle, or is this the second coming?! First she was a virgin…now she’s…Mary the man!


Paul TigerB6 - 4/7/08 at 09:41 AM

Question is - who's the father then?? Eurgh!!


Rosco - 4/7/08 at 10:05 AM

I'm confused. According to my Little Oxford Dictionary, a Woman is described as an "adult human female" and a Female is described as "offspring-bearing sex".

So regardless of what medical procedures had been done before, this 'man', according to the Oxford disctionary, is now a woman again by virtue of bearing an offspring.

Not quite sure how you capture that in a snappy headline though - suggestions welcome.


Mr Whippy - 4/7/08 at 11:03 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Rosco
Not quite sure how you capture that in a snappy headline though - suggestions welcome.


SHOCK!! MAN CHANGES SEX WHILST GIVING BIRTH!! WHO WAS THE FATHER?!


BenB - 4/7/08 at 11:22 AM

Shouldn't the headline really be

"Flat chested hairy chick gives birth to a baby" ??


Mole - 4/7/08 at 11:43 AM

No because I pretty sure thats happened before


BenB - 4/7/08 at 11:45 AM

Sure has!!
You would have thought there'd be some form of natural selection going on to stop it though!!!

Then again, as the old saying goes- all cats growl in the dark....


RoadkillUK - 4/7/08 at 12:16 PM

I have manboobs but still maintain my male genitalia. Am I now a woman?


02GF74 - 4/7/08 at 12:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by BenB
Sure has!!
You would have thought there'd be some form of natural selection going on to stop it though!!!





ever worn a pair of beer glasses?


eznfrank - 4/7/08 at 12:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
I have manboobs but still maintain my male genitalia. Am I now a woman?


Yes you are!!! I suggest you get on the blower to the papers and tell that that you're a bird that can pee standing up. They'll have a field day, tomorrows front pages. I hope you have a bank account big enough for the cheques!!!


ned - 4/7/08 at 01:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by eznfrank
quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
I have manboobs but still maintain my male genitalia. Am I now a woman?


Yes you are!!! I suggest you get on the blower to the papers and tell that that you're a bird that can pee standing up. They'll have a field day, tomorrows front pages. I hope you have a bank account big enough for the cheques!!!

Think that's been done - it was in the film "The Full Monty" wasn't it?